1988 Azienda Bricco Rocche (Ceretto) Barolo Prapò

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 93.2 points

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  2/23/2019 - peternelson wrote: 93 Points

  Old red-brick color, extremely cloudy, Ripe cherry syrup, silky, almost sweet macerated red fruits on the attack with silky body, lower resolved tannins, great extract, touch of barn, really cool. Heritage Auction Blind Tasting at Jean-Georges Vegas after party

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  6/1/2018 - _water.into.wine_ wrote: 89 Points

  I was so disappointed after reading all the incredible reviews. This seemed very tired and mature, appearing past it's peak. Quite cloudy, brown, and with limited fruit on the nose or the palate. That said, all the guests and my wife seemed to love it!
  
  Drank with SM and his wife at our house.

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  4/9/2017 - Steve Brickley Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Stand this up for some time before opening. It has enough fine and course sediment to really make a mess in your glass. Almost needs its own weather report in the glass. I ran mine through a coffee filter. Cloudy. Initial nose isn't worth a sniff unless you like farm animals. Let this sit for a good two hours in the decanter or in my case, the coffee pot. Then sit down and get ready for joy. Nose has forest floor and old undisturbed underground cellar with leaking barrels. Tannin bite up front just enough to let you know your others in the cellar can last. Gentle red fruits, slight pucker, a tad bit thin on the back end. This is a wine to behold. Be glad you have one or will find one. Not for the bigger fruit lovers. This is for sensitive folks. I could see this lasting, maybe improving, maybe not, a good 10 more years (to 2027 for the math challenged) , at least. Joy. Update: hour 3 getting even better.

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  12/13/2012 - Serge Birbrair Likes this wine: 95 Points

  impossible not to love. Buy-buy-buy.

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  8/24/2012 - Seth Rosenberg wrote: 94 Points

  Brought by Josh. From magnum. Moderate bricking with a purple-brick red core. Started off with serious ass on the nose: stinky, animal, sauvage. Evolved into rich plummy fruit, sauvage, stones, minerals, roast coffee (Josh). Deep and rich, with a herbal/mint component coming out over time. Starts sweet and cloudy on the palate, bitter citrus - this is high acid. Alternates between rich and bitter, with plummy fruit, coffee, spice. Really excellent. Best Piedmonte wine I have had in a while. Not fully mature yet, but really showing well. Probably my WOTN. Nose - 5.5/6, Palate - 5/6, Finish - 5/6, Je Ne Sais Quoi - 1.5/2 = 17/20.

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