2012 Cordero di Montezemolo Barolo Monfalletto

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 90.1 points

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  1/3/2022 - slabslovin wrote: flawed

  Another flawed wine from Binny's. Had it in the cellar for 5 years to find that out.

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  3/5/2020 - carstenf wrote: 91 Points

  Medium Dark in color. Typical Nebb. in the nose. Taste is fresh , challenging , and a bit dry.
  Still a very nice Barolo and not typical La Morra as you taste it. More Castig. Fall. style...
  We liked it a lot

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  4/16/2017 - wraven82 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  The wine looks crimson colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. The body is medium. The wine has silky texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.

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  3/26/2017 - Vinnut Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Medium garnet in color. Full, forward & attractive nose of ripe fruit aromas of red cherries, currants & strawberries with overtones of earthy, dusty & floral notes of roses, mint, dried herbs, minerals & cedar in the background. Medium bodied with a good concentration of balanced & smooth textured, ripe fruit flavors of red sweet red cherries & strawberries & with herbs, earthiness, spices & minerals. Lingering finish. Although it appears to be readily accessible at present with decanting & airing, it should benefit and develop further with additional aging.

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  3/25/2017 - srh Likes this wine:

  Barolos (6 - '12s) (Vintage Wines Ltd., San Diego, CA): “From 15-50 yr old vines from Monfalletto Estate vyds @ 250 and 300 m elev in the town of La Morra, all with S/E & S/W exposures & clayey/calcareous soils with magnesium oxide & manganese, typically yielding 44 Hl/Ha;” Typically, "Ea vyd is vinified separately with 4-5 day maceration, & another 10-12 to complete fermentation in s/s tanks, then into different sizes & types of wood barrels for malolactic fermentation. All the various lots are aged in different types of FR & Slovenian wood for 18-24 mos. Final assemblage of the chosen lots, bottled and released on the market after 1 yr." 14.5% ABV
  
  N: Closed; Roses/cherries, with notes of tar?
  
  P: LM, poss Med, body; Almost swtish frt met by an astringent pucker which slowly works itself into & through the LONG, dustily tannic finish which, ult, is almost swtish. NEEDS 2-3 yrs for the mid-P to "civilize", then drinking through '23... min. 93 pts WE (12/1/16) @ $48; 16.5, 17, & 17.5/20 Jancis Robinson, + other scores on wine-searcher's Tasting Notes pg.
  
  Note: POSSIBLY from the same bottle Vinnut dated as having tasted on 3/26/17.

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