2005 Serafino Rivella Barbaresco Montestefano

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 88.2 points

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  5/18/2020 - goska wrote: 89 Points

  Finished my stock of these. Long storage, unfortunately less joy than hoped for. But still nice things to say about it. Very nice tertiary aroma. Good spine, good body, just a tad short on freshness of the fruit, leaving it a little austere and dry, earthy.

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  5/11/2018 - cct wrote: 89 Points

  Dinner with friends in the Langhe
  
  Rich and broad in warmer style, with a little VA that for the most par blew off. Dried rose petals, balsamic notes, and deep cherry fruit. A little broad and lacked cohesion, but still a very enjoyable bottle of wine.

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  12/14/2015 - gilrbo wrote:

  Popped and poured, then followed over three days.
  Fine nose, evolved already, with leather and tobacco notes, but also fruit and airy, balsamic tones. Powerful and muscular on the palate, deep tones, intense, full-bodied (for a Barbaresco). Somewhat astringent finish. Also, I feel the alcohol.
  The tannins became more prominent on day two, and the nose lost finesse.
  Not convinced.

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  5/18/2015 - Ludi Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Rubino trasparente. Naso di catrame, rosa, pepe nero, acqua di mare, erbe amaricanti, tamarindo, spezie orientali. Bocca tannica, fresca, giustamente rustica. Buona la lunghezza su note di arancia candita

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  2/6/2014 - gilrbo wrote:

  Slow-ox'ed for several hours, then followed over three days.
  Medium-light garnet with some bricking on the rims, clear.
  Ripe fruit on the nose, with tar and a warm, enveloping bouquet. Dark, deep tones, and has gained complexity with time.
  Intense and strong on the palate, also on deep tones. Not heavy, though.
  Fine-grained, somewhat drying and strong tannins. Good length. The aftertaste is surprisingly on fresh cherry notes.
  It went very well with food - on its own one feels the alcohol.
  I liked it better than the 2006.
  **(*)

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