1974 Filippo Sobrero & Figli Barolo

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 92 points

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  2/4/2023 - kenv wrote: flawed

  NK Monprivato Vertical (Chez Goldberg, Greenwich Village, NYC): [Double-decanted about noon.] Weird nose. Not a good bottle.

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  2/4/2023 - cct wrote: 91 Points

  Dinner at the Goldberg's, NYC
  
  A mature nose. Riper and rounder (in a relative sense) to the '71 with red fruits, rose, soy, decaying leaves, and balsam notes. On the palate, it's a little richer but less focused than the '71 with lovely inner mouth perfume. More autumnal notes and a similar vein of minerality to the '71. Drink up. Less good than my last bottle, but also I did not spend several hours with it the time. 91

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  12/12/2020 - cct wrote: 93 Points

  Double decanted in the AM for sediment.
  
  A fully tertiary nose with undergrowth, decaying leaves, iron, porcini, medicine cabinet, some soy, dried rose petals, and red fruits. It's supple and mid weighted on the palate. Savory and umami driven with more porcini, iron, pot pourri, and red nebbiolo fruit. The balsam notes have turned to amaro. This has a lot going on, and there is sense of calm and balance that I love. I'm not sure if it is the power of suggestion knowing the fruit source, but this has textural detail like an older Monprivato. It's autumnal, and even for my necro leaning palate for nebbiolo, this is starting to fade. That said, this is fading beautifully. Quite long on the back end. Drink up if you've got them.
  
  This was pretty terrific with umami driven pork and leek dumplings and Xian Bing meat pies. The umami notes of the wine and the dumplings were really synergistic.

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