2016 Francesco Rinaldi e Figli Barolo Le Brunate

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  6/26/2021 - lightning wrote: 90 Points

  Touch of bricking already. Earth, spice and red fruits, with some balsamic (Brett?) notes. Slightly below medium in body, balsamic and earth notes, a tight orb of fruit on the midpalate, noble tannins and good length. Probably shutting down and the least giving of the three 2016 Barolo sampled today.

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  2/27/2021 - NickA Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Barolo Boys Special: Brunate Cru (Zoom!): Plot at 280m, 36 mos in big botte. His plot is slightly more south-facing than G Rinaldi’s, and he uses shorter maceration = darker colour, more drying tannins.
  
  A brighter and slightly darker colour than wine #1. Some sweetness here, especially on the nose, but again there's tobacco, and more darkness and herbal savour – burned meat, yeast extract. Tannins are prominent and drying for a second or two, but then quickly overwhelmed by the fruit and forgotten. Really grown-up wine, with plenty of potential.

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  10/25/2020 - Robmcl920 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  The ‘16 Brunate is an enjoyable wine, but seems to fall far short of the heights Rinaldi achieved in 2010 or 2013. On the nose, I found tobacco, dried herbs, lavender, licorice, and dark red to black fruit. On the palate, the primary flavor profile was tobacco and leather, alongside dark red fruit and spices. The wine was medium to light bodied with classicly austere but fine grained tannins and a good level of acidity. The wine lacks the depth, both in terms of the fruit profile and texture, that the 2013 & 2010 vintages showed.

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  9/14/2020 - NostraBacchus wrote: 91 Points

  Medium ruby color, slightly lightening up towards the rim. High viscosity. First slightly muted, but opened up after about 2 hours. Notes of cedar wood, plum, some red and dark berries, new leather, cigar, also some spicy notes too (anise, fennel seeds). Everything still very primary. It‘s medium-full bodied, has medium+ acidity and medium-high tannin that is good quality. There is a touch of warmth/alcohol recognizable, not disturbing but muddling the aromatics a little bit. Good length. This is still a baby in terms of evolution... so patience might be required. I am still a little worried about the warmth and the relatively lowish acidity (for Cru Barolo at this early stage).
  On day 2 it shows a little more in terms of aromatic, but still the alcohol is a little recognizable to my taste.
  On day 3 it‘s opening up even more. Still this could use a touch more freshness to be truly great.

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