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I'm picking up here where I last left off, halfway through reporting on mostly the 2009 vintage in Barolo. As you can see here, and in my previous report on these wines, the vintage is a bit irregular to say the least with some powerful, structured win...
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La Morra on Snooth
June 2010
No written review
May 2010
Dont peel the wax with the included string around the top. just plunge your key straight in and pull. Read More
May 2010
A product under the Caymus Vineyards umbrella. Picked this wine up for our 4 year anniversary dinner and the girlfriend and I/we loved it. Right out of the bottle, what a bright and vibrant nose of ripe cherry, plum and spices. In the mouth we found a lot of sweet cherry, red berry, fall spices and rich caramel. The last glass of the bottle reve... Read More
April 2010
No written review
February 2010
enjoyable. nothing spectacular, and a little bland compared to a Chardonnay with tons of character like a Sonoma Cutrer...but enjoyable. Read More
May 2009
Well the 2005 Barolos are tasted, and I cant help but think back to what I said ... said ... Eugenio La Serra (La Morra)- sour nose, stinky nose, fleshy nose, very nice nettle notes in the background, really penetrating and pure with a note of heavily used and sweaty work glove, spice, earth fennel and tea, fine balance in the mouth, ripe so... Read More
May 2009
It's late here in Alba and today was a very busy day with the early morning ... ... focusing on the wines of La Morra, Verduno and Castiglione Falletto. Lots of nice wines today and certainly a more promising group that yesterdays wines from Barolo. I haven't had time to go through my notes but after the tasting I did take a look at some of my... Read More
May 2009
I've been documenting much of my days here via posts on the Snooth Forum but to ... from left to right: 1993 La Morra from Rivalta, a 1988 Barolo from Monforte, a 1978 Barolo from Barolo, and finaly a 1974 from who knows. the wines totally outperformed and that was probably due to the fact that they've spent all the life in one place after hav... Read More
May 2009
Well my first full day here started with a shower and nice breakfast before ... ... from the Rivalta area of La Morra. Mauro felt it was from Castiglione Falletto, other guesses abounded. We were all surprised when the bottle was unveiled as we has all tasted the bottle only a few hours before. It was the 2003 Monprivato!I'll have to follow up... Read More
December 2008
Fratelli Monchiero is a little known producer based in Castiglione Falletto. ... Castiglione and Roero from La Morra separately resulting in tiny quantities of each, about 400 cases of the Roero and just over 200 cases of the Rocche. That makes these wines a challenge to find but a; the wines here are worth a look and can be great values when ... Read More
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