1996 Fontanafredda Barolo Paiagallo La Villa

Community Tasting Notes (31) Avg Score: 90.9 points

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  6/24/2023 - Mondarin wrote: 93 Points

  This vino shows the class of the 1996 vintage. Med (+) garnet color whihc was a bit grainy. Quite intense ripe fresh fruit mixed w/ tertiary dried fruit characters-- black cherry, raspberries. sweet balsamic notes. Med (+) body. Still ton of life ahead. smooth medium grained integrated tannins. long finish. excellent.

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  11/6/2022 - tk54 wrote: 91 Points

  26 years old and a lot of life left. Needed to open up but after 30 minutes very good.
  The wine looks garnet colored. The body is light/medium.

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  11/5/2022 - jkvedar Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Decanted for 1 hour . The nose is part typical Barolo (tar, rose petal) and part generic old wine (church basement/old books). Very tertiary, not surprisingly. On the palate, it cries for food and did rather well with a bolognese sauced pasta. Good finish.
  
  Very much on its last legs.

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  4/30/2022 - billcow Does not like this wine: 80 Points

  Fruitless, sour and dry as a witches teat. A joyless waste of $200. Avoid

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  2/13/2022 - Oberunter-5 Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Very surprised to say this—I think this could rest another five years unless paired properly (think risotto). The tannins are still there and somewhat obtrusive. Otherwise the wine is very nice. The nose shows a classic Barolo profile—rose, red fruit, fresh soil, and herbs. The palate follows, but I tend to think the tannins are preventing a fuller expression on the front and back end. In short, this is very nice but I think it can improve

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