2005 Vietti Barolo Castiglione

Community Tasting Notes (79) Avg Score: 91.2 points

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  4/7/2024 - ElAzul Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Cork in pristine shape, bottle fill half inch above neck, color of medium ruby with definite orange on rim and body. Red fruit nose, prior note of camphor not present after six hours open. The fruit is more like a mix of baked cherry on the front of the mouth but then raspberry on the mid and back palate after 24 hours open but kept refrigerated overnight. The tannins are mellow now and anise notes are present and the finish is a subtle 30 seconds long. Just lovely nebbiolo fruit! The wine seems fully mature but probably has a lot more life left in it.

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  12/31/2023 - ElAzul Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Last tasted this in 2016. Cork in pristine condition. Wine character has changed from red cherry to more raspberry flavors. Red fruit nose with a very subtle camphor note to add complexity. Wine was not decanted, just poured out with much swirling. It was immediately accessible with the red fruit more like red raspberry than red cherry previously observed. It is in an excellent drinking window and was a superb match to veal marsala. Nebbiolo is a fun grape! Happy New Year to all.

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  12/18/2022 - Old School Fan Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Lovely upon first opening showing a beautiful nose of rose petal and menthol. Same with the palate with nice cherry fruit. Lovely fruit and earth and nice structure. But the wine fell apart within 1 hour of opening and lost its nose and palate. I'd pop and pour this and drink it rather quickly.

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  3/20/2022 - yipen Likes this wine:

  Excellent Barolo, have sour cherry and herb tone. Need a bit air to open up.

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  12/30/2021 - kris.h wrote:

  Very tight and hard. Needs time and decanting.

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