2001 Cascina Adelaide Barolo

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 91 points

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  1/16/2014 - samiamx_1999 wrote: 89 Points

  Past its prime, drink'em if you got'em! Had one in 2005, overly tannic, not so now. Big leather, meager fruit.

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  8/28/2012 - Ian S wrote:

  From a half bottle (€10 a half in Carrefour in Aosta earlier this year - surprised to see soemthing this mature!)
  
  Colour about right for a barolo at 11 years old, showing a progression from purple/garnet at the core, through red, to a decent band of chestnut/mahogany at the rim.
  
  A little fumey on the nose, but with supporting cured meats and floral red fruits, all of pretty good intensity/complexity.
  
  Juicy sweetness to the red fruits on the palate, supported by some background tree bark/earthiness. Acidity is relatively prominent, but not aggressive and the tannins still offer a grip that creeps up rather than being immediately apparent.
  
  All in all very good, though the fuminess can get up the nose!

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