2010 Giovanni Sordo Barolo Gabutti

Community Tasting Notes (24) Avg Score: 89.8 points

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  4/17/2024 - O'Meara wrote:

  Drank over three hours following a 2-hour decant. This is a bit ho-hum. It is definitely in the drinking window. It opens with more vibrant fruit, which fades about an hour in. There is not much density and the texture is on the lean side. It could be going through a dumb phase, but I suspect it is just not that exciting. If you have these in your cellar, you could roll the dice and be rewarded for more cellar time, but I would not recommend it. Drink up.

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  12/4/2023 - Mikaelbe Does not like this wine:

  Tasted after decanting (bottle stood up for a month) and following the bottle over two nights.
  
  Found this bottle to be uninspiring, felt prematurely tired in the way a simply old wine taste. Nothing much there in the fruit department.
  
  No hopes for my last remaining bottle but intend to keep it for a few years to see how that bottle shows.

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  10/23/2022 - Slaz Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Best showing since my initial tasting in 2019. Continues to benefit from decanting but presently opens up nicely with an hour or two of decanting. Might not be at its peak yet.

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  12/30/2021 - rougeamore wrote: 91 Points

  The wine is medium garnet with pronounced aromatic intensity having notes of red cherries, rose petal, tar, and mushroom. The wine is dry and has high acidity and high tannins. It is a bit tightly-wound still but very drinkable. The alcohol level and body are medium. Flavors have medium intensity notes of red fruit and forest floor... not as bold as the nose. The finish is medium. This is a very good wine in a refined style, not a knock-your-socks-off bruiser (memo: nebbiolo is probably my favorite grape so I may be a bit of a high-side outlier).

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  4/8/2021 - Barry Notes Likes this wine: 91 Points

  2 hour decant/15 min glass time. Clear, deep dark red/purple. Big nose, medium body wine, resolved tannins, good balance/integration, med finish. Classic Barolo, nothing off. Mike's

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