2009 Renato Corino Barolo

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 90.3 points

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  9/24/2017 - Andrew67 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  A better wine than 12 moths ago. The fruit is starting to open up, whilst keeping the other elements in nice balance. Cherries, plums, licorice, some tobacco. The acidity is still quite pronounced, but that's fairly typical of a Barolo at this stage. There is enough fruit to make this me think this will evolve nicely from here. Enjoyable.

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  10/26/2016 - PaulusLoZebra Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Two years after my first bottle, I give it the same vote. This time circumstances forced me to serve it without a sufficiently long decant, so it took a long time in glass to open up. After that, lovely, succulent red berry flavors, nice residual sweetness, good acid (but less prominent than I remember); nice savory notes, including hints of mint. Overall I found this softer and more open than before. With more air the tannins became more prominent.

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  9/24/2016 - Andrew67 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Nice example of a Barolo. A little bit tight and restrained for now, with the fruit under-played. Medium bodied with decent length. Plums, cherries and liquorice. It will be interesting to see how the fruit develops.

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  6/26/2016 - majamke Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Very much in the dark fruit tone. Almond paste, aniseed, tar. Some menthol freshness provides lift, but the palate is a little hollow. Put on weight with time in the glass. Not a keeper, so enjoy now.

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  8/8/2015 - majamke wrote: 89 Points

  Double decanted. Not a bad Barolo, but lacks interest. Strong balsamic notes on the nose, dark fruit and cigar ask on the palate. Obviously a warm vintage. Tannins nicely balanced (I'm a Barolo drinker, so others may still find this wine tannic). Not a lot on the finish, some dark tobacco. Certainly an early drinking Barolo, I wouldn't bother keeping this beyond 10 years. On the plus side, I tried the 2011 last weekend and was not impressed by the oak treatment. This 2009 has not been killed by overzealous use of French Oak.

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