A Taste of Serralunga Dinner-La Festa del Barolo 2024 (Locanda Verde, New York): Deep ruby. Somber aromas full of tar and earth. Gorgeous, discretely ripe blueberry, subtle green herbs and licorice, slightly dry tannins. After tasting the latter 2 Conternos, this seemed a bit less forceful and intense but was still excellent.
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Still tannic but clearly has all the cherry monster structure that you would ever want. We decanted for several hours but would judge this as a few years from full maturity.
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Decanted several hours and back into the bottle for a few more. Clearly young but must not have caught this at the right time. Very tannic and closed off. Sadly the 15 Cerretta was not giving much more than bright cherry (though laser precise) and slight mint. Likely has the stuffing to be great in ten plus years. To me Cerretta is not a vineyard that drinks well young.
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1/31/2024 - drwine2001 wrote:
A Taste of Serralunga Dinner-La Festa del Barolo 2024 (Locanda Verde, New York): Deep ruby. Somber aromas full of tar and earth. Gorgeous, discretely ripe blueberry, subtle green herbs and licorice, slightly dry tannins. After tasting the latter 2 Conternos, this seemed a bit less forceful and intense but was still excellent.
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12/25/2023 - ECGreen wrote: 97 Points
Delicious…just allow for an hour of decanting…great fruit, tannin and finish…all in balance..
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4/22/2023 - Norn Iron wrote: 93 Points
Still tannic but clearly has all the cherry monster structure that you would ever want. We decanted for several hours but would judge this as a few years from full maturity.
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11/19/2021 - MAXIMUM SATISFACTION wrote: 93 Points
Decanted several hours and back into the bottle for a few more. Clearly young but must not have caught this at the right time. Very tannic and closed off. Sadly the 15 Cerretta was not giving much more than bright cherry (though laser precise) and slight mint. Likely has the stuffing to be great in ten plus years. To me Cerretta is not a vineyard that drinks well young.
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8/16/2020 - mpoel Likes this wine: 94 Points
A sleeping beast - big structure - needs lot's of time.
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