This bottle of 1996 Borgogno Barolo Classico doesn’t taste right. Tasted blind – Resolved nose of saturated red cherry, tar, and leather. Going downhill. Traditional style. Nebbiolo? Arpepe? 2006? (66/100)
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Decanted one hour and drank with grilled veal. Rich color, no bricking or pale rim. A big wine with lots os tannin and acidity. Muted/cooked fruits but not much eucalyptus or menthol. Hard to believe this wine is 24 years old!
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First bottle of 1996 feels much younger, cheekier, it’s a teenaged punk looking for a street brawl, nothing prudent or discreet yet. Bright and shiny, with lots of red cherries and fruit, tannin and acidity at top.
This bottle needs maybe 10+ years to settle down and gain proper sense of balance. Yet, I find it quite interesting, shows great development potential - as compared to 1993, which is a wise old man at 35.
Longevity is key here.
Piedmont evening at Winil, 16 March 2018
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2/27/2023 - Chris Forno Likes this wine: 92 Points
No detailed notes. Double decanted at Noon for an 8pm dinner.
Ready to go! Great balance and fruit. In a really great place right now and for at least another 5 years I’d guess.
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6/3/2020 - Jammy Wine wrote: flawed
This bottle of 1996 Borgogno Barolo Classico doesn’t taste right. Tasted blind – Resolved nose of saturated red cherry, tar, and leather. Going downhill. Traditional style. Nebbiolo? Arpepe? 2006? (66/100)
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3/16/2020 - vinorsk Likes this wine:
Decanted one hour and drank with grilled veal. Rich color, no bricking or pale rim. A big wine with lots os tannin and acidity. Muted/cooked fruits but not much eucalyptus or menthol. Hard to believe this wine is 24 years old!
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3/16/2018 - ve23 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Piedmont Night at Winil on March 16, 2018 (Winil, Moscow): 93+/100
A beautiful second bottle of Borgogno Classico Riserva, opened yesterday at Piedmont night.
Dark brown color, slightly cloudy. Aromas are jammy, with dark fruit and prune, earthly - and then opening with fresh champignons. Stellar.
Palate needs time - woody tannin and spiky acidity, that are both striking at first, eventually come together in one multilayered structure.
Great bottle to accompany Saturday evening viewing of Barolo Boys the movie.
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3/16/2018 - ve23 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Piedmont Night at Winil on March 16, 2018 (Winil, Moscow): 92+/100. CHEEKY
First bottle of 1996 feels much younger, cheekier, it’s a teenaged punk looking for a street brawl, nothing prudent or discreet yet. Bright and shiny, with lots of red cherries and fruit, tannin and acidity at top.
This bottle needs maybe 10+ years to settle down and gain proper sense of balance. Yet, I find it quite interesting, shows great development potential - as compared to 1993, which is a wise old man at 35.
Longevity is key here.
Piedmont evening at Winil, 16 March 2018
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