1999 Giovanni Corino Barolo Vigneto Arborina

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 89 points

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  5/5/2013 - Eric Guido Likes this wine: 90 Points

  The nose was warming, showing ripe cherry, spiced cookie, undergrowth and herbs with a prominent earthy component balanced well, by hint of wood. On the palate, tart red fruits, dark wood tones and spice with kept fresh by zesty acidity and led to a long satisfying spiced-cherry finish.
  
  **No where did I find the over-oaked, super-modern wine that previous tasting notes suggested. This perfectly stored bottle was decanted and poured back to bottle, to slow-O for six hours. It was a highly enjoyable '99 that is drinking very well now, even in it's youth.

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  4/6/2013 - klezman wrote:

  PnP: Dusty, bottle bouquet, a bit of tar, and surprisingly enough some heat also. Still quite tannic with a lot of earth and spicy nutmeg. Not a ton of fruit, but a touch of rosewater since I'm looking for it. Into the decanter.
  
  With air over the following two hours it opened up a bit but there was no drastic evolution of flavour. The tannins did melt away somewhat, and this went well with lamb rack.

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  2/1/2013 - FLI Likes this wine: 92 Points

  I'm indebted to the previous reviewer TGOOD. This wine is a completely mondovino international style fruit bomb. And, if you like that sort of thing, it's a really good one! I found it very enjoyable, but agree completely that this is not a traditional barolo in any sense.

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  1/12/2013 - Tgood wrote: 84 Points

  I bought a case of this after having an epiphanous moment with an '88 Altare Vigna Arborina - a tightly wound floral minty tannic beast drank in '03 in Napa no less. This wine unfortunately fell victim to so many seeking Parker approval by pushing ripeness to unnatural levels and as a result garnered great reviews in an EWS tasting in NYC prompting my bulk purchase but true to form the wine has been scarcely distinguishable from any asundry of overripe grapes from any other terrior. This wine represents one of the most striking indictments of punditry and group reviews.

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  9/25/2008 - zerhart wrote: 90 Points

  Drinking really well right now but still has plenty of life in it.

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