2017 Cascina Fontana Barolo Castiglione Falletto

Community Tasting Notes (2)

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Chapel's profile
  • Report Issue

  1/27/2024 - Chapel wrote:

  Translation of Raage from March 26,2023
  Compared to the “simple” Barolo from Cascina Fontana, this vintage is more ambitious, with tighter substance, more present bitters and an aromatic, in my opinion, much less charming... It's a bit of everything I fear from Nebiolo on call, a somewhat sad austerity, and a lack of complexity. I had been so captivated by the Barolo 17 that here everything lacked flavor... The fact remains that by waiting 5/7 years it should evolve remarkably, its density having a real depth, the grain a finesse under -jacent. At this stage, it lacks fruitiness and flowers and remains stuck in its leather, its brambles, its autumnal harshness.

  1 person found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Raage's profile
  • Report Issue

  3/26/2023 - Raage wrote:

  Comparé au barolo « simple » de la cascina Fontana, cette cuvée se montre plus ambitieuse, avec une matière plus serrée, des amers plus présents et une aromatique à mon sens beaucoup moins charmeuse…
  C’est un peu tout ce que je redoute des nebiolo de garde, une austérité un peu triste, et un manque de complexité. J’avais été tellement subjugué par le barolo 17 qu’ici tout manquait de saveur…
  Il n’en reste pas moins qu’en patientant 5/7 ans il devrait remarquablement évoluer, sa densité ayant une réelle profondeur, le grain une finesse sous-jacente. A ce stade, il manque de fruité, de fleurs et reste engoncé dans son cuir, ses ronces, son astreingeance automnale.

  3 people found this helpful, do you? Yes - No / Comment

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.