2000 Roagna Barolo La Rocca e La Pira

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 91.6 points

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  10/14/2020 - caesar77 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Popped and poured. Wine is showing beautifully now and tannins are well-integrated. Perfect balance showing notes forrest floor, tar, bright red berry and a backnote of mint. Mouth coating with a long finish.

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  7/25/2014 - cardsandwine Likes this wine:

  3 hour decant. Beautiful earthy Piedmontese nose. The wine really came alive in hour four as the fruit seemed to ripen in a burst and the palate and finish became more velvety and lengthy. Another terrific bottle of wine from Roagna.

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  12/25/2013 - joedv8s Likes this wine: 93 Points

  So we just decanted 12:00 for a 4:30 dinner.
  My out of the bottle 90 points, comments are light brown all round in the glass thin in color you can read through it on white paper. But any pretense of a bad wine ends there. Aroma is light of earth and hint of red fruit and cherries.
  You know it's Italian with some class. This is a beautiful wine across all 3 palates with great long finish. Looking forward to reviews as the day goes on. Second review:
  
  4hours open 93 points now and a beauty. I've noticed that the better a wine is and especially if it's French or Italian it takes longer to finish.
  Peggy and I spent over three hours enjoying this wine and by 7pm absolutely delicious. Yes it has some tobacco, bit of smokiness and leather with soft red fruit, but not rotted yet. In the mid palate where you want to hold it for minutes on end it will explode with flavor that go on and on. Finishes beautiful, elegant and soft tannin.
  One of the great wines. Why 93 rather than 95. I don't really know.
  Stingy Maybe

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  10/11/2011 - Jack O'Brien wrote: 89 Points

  Great nose of stewed cherries and cranberries covered in cinnamon and nutmeg with aged leather and steeped tea -very good nose. The wine seemed a little less enthusiastic on the palate; very tight acid and the finish seemed a bit short. Not all of the aromas were found as flavors on the palate but regardless it was still a good wine. I would like to try other vintages.

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  12/26/2010 - kenv Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Right after decanting: Impressive nose of red and black fruits, licorice and iron. Thick, silky, sexy in the mouth with complex soft tannins. Deliciously long finish of licorice, nutmeg and black cherries. Delicious now (for tannin heads), but should drink well for 15 years or more.
  
  Open a couple of hours and served with whole wheat spaghetti with my buffalo Bolognese sauce: A hint of stewed plums in the nose along with licorice, nutmeg, and cinnamon. Silky up front, with tannins rushing into the mid-palate. Long finish of licorice, black fruit and gorgeous tannins.
  
  Open nearly 2 weeks stoppered on the counter. Finally mellowing. Has a warm spiciness that is just delicious. This may merit 95 points in 10-20 years.

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