Barolo Pio Cesare 2004

WS: 94 and 6 Top 100 Wines ST: 92-93 Wine Spectator, 2008 (62) Extremely attractive aromas of blackberry, fresh mushroom and mahogany. Full-bodied, with lovely fruit, soft tannins and a long finish. Chewy, yet balanced and pretty. Builds on the palate. Big and juicy. Best after 2010 94 points and Highly Recommended Wine Spectator 6 - Top 100 Wines 2008! Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, November/December 2007 Medium-deep red. Complex aromas of raspberry, musky tobacco and minerals; distinctly higher-pitched and more backward than the 2003 normale. Then wonderfully rich read more...and delineated, with underlying minerality accentuating the impression of primary fruit. Finishes quite long, with broad, full, thoroughly ripe tannins and terrific structure and grip. Offers impressive potential. 92-93 points    (hide)

January 2009

I found the aroma to be very attractive and fruity scent. However, I felt the wine tastes a bit "light" and water-down. I don't know if that was because I brought it overseas via loading inside a luggage.

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• medium bodied

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January 2009

Color: Glossy garnet red, with faint, vanished orange reflections Nose: Elegant scents of blackberry jam and spices. Palate: Dry, and generous with a clear background of roasted almonds.

April 2009

"Extremely attractive aromas of blackberry, fresh mushroom and mahogany. Full-bodied, with lovely fruit, soft tannins and a long finish. Chewy, yet balanced and pretty. Builds on the palate. Big and juicy. Best after 2010..94" WS Insider 06/08.

This is a magnum of #6 on Wine Spectator’s Top 100 Wines of 2008, scoring 94 points. Magnums are the bottle of choice for true collectors.
Year after year, Pio Cesare Barolos are ranked among the world's best. The Pio Cesare family takes a modern approach to quality winemaking. Their unique method stresses minimal intervention to produce wines of particularly supple flavor expression. The Nebbiolo grapes used to produce Pio’s Barolo come from the family vineyards around the village of Serralunga d’Alba. These grapes account for about 70% of production, with additional grapes read more...sourced from the most favorable areas in Castiglione Falletto and Monforte, the same stock they have used for the last hundred years. The grapes from Serralunga give a full body, those from Castiglione Falletto offer an ethereal and tempting nose, and the fruits from Monforte provide class and a refined nature. Aged in 30% new French oak for 2 years the wine is then put in 50% new Slavonian oak for another 3 years. Dense, concentrated and tightly wound. Licorice and black cherry hints emerge slowly. Let this one breath for a good 20-40 minutes to really open up. Or you can cellar it carefully for 10-15 years. This is a magnum size bottle holding 1.5 liters.

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October 2009

WS 94Pts - #6 on Wine Spectator's Top 100 Wines of 2008 - Tasting Notes - Extremely attractive aromas of blackberry, fresh mushroom and mahogany. Full-bodied, with lovely fruit, soft tannins and a long finish. Chewy, yet balanced and pretty. Builds on the palate. Big and juicy. Best after 2010.

May 2009

94 points Wine Spectator
#6 in The Top 100 Wines of the Year by Wine Spectator.
Extremely attractive aromas of blackberry, fresh mushroom and mahogany. Full-bodied, with lovely fruit, soft tannins and a long finish. Chewy, yet balanced and pretty. Builds on the palate. A big and juicy red. Best after 2010. 7,000 cases made. –JS The #6 in Wine Spectator’s 2008 The Top 100 Wine Spectator 94 points

October 2009

This is a magnum of #6 on Wine Spectator’s Top 100 Wines of 2008, scoring 94 points. Magnums are the bottle of choice for true collectors.
Year after year, Pio Cesare Barolos are ranked among the world's best. The Pio Cesare family takes a modern approach to quality winemaking. Their unique method stresses minimal intervention to produce wines of particularly supple flavor expression. The Nebbiolo grapes used to produce Pio’s Barolo come from the family vineyards around the village of Serralunga d’Alba. These grapes account for about 70% of production, with additional grapes read more...sourced from the most favorable areas in Castiglione Falletto and Monforte, the same stock they have used for the last hundred years. The grapes from Serralunga give a full body, those from Castiglione Falletto offer an ethereal and tempting nose, and the fruits from Monforte provide class and a refined nature. Aged in 30% new French oak for 2 years the wine is then put in 50% new Slavonian oak for another 3 years. Dense, concentrated and tightly wound. Licorice and black cherry hints emerge slowly. Let this one breath for a good 20-40 minutes to really open up. Or you can cellar it carefully for 10-15 years. This is a magnum size bottle holding 1.5 liters.

This item excluded from any other discounts or offers beyond the 15% case discount.    (hide)

October 2009

94 pts from Wine Spectator and Highly Recommended! NUMBER 6 WINE IN THE WORLD ON WINE SPECTATOR'S TOP 100 WINES OF 2008! - Extremely attractive aromas of blackberry, fresh mushroom and mahogany. Full-bodied, with lovely fruit, soft tannins and a long finish. Chewy, yet balanced and pretty. Builds on the palate. A big and juicy red. Best after 2010. 7,000 cases made. JS SEPT 08 Issue - 93 pts from The Wine Advocate! - The estate's 2004 Barolo is very elegant in this vintage. Although the wine is firm and quite primary, the tannins are sweet, silky and refined. Today the wine reveals just read more...a glimpse of its potential but it should develop into a gem with time. While most of the attention at Pio Cesare goes to the Barolo Ornato, this is the hidden beauty in this lineup. This Barolo is a multi-commune blend. Most of the fruit (60%) comes from the less well-exposed portions of the familyÆs Ornato vineyard, while the rest of the fruit is sourced from plots in La Morra, Castiglione Falletto, Serralunga, Novello and Grinzane Cavour. The wine was aged in French oak casks (70%) and smaller French oak barrels (30%). This wine offers an incredible level of quality considering the production is 80,000 bottles. Anticipated maturity: 2014-2024. - Proprietor Pio Boffa has fashioned some of the finest wines of his career with his 2004 Barbarescos and Barolos. These 2004s are remarkably open even at this early stage. When I asked Boffa if he thought the 2004s would shut down in bottle Boffa responded that it was unlikely because the wines would have already begun to clamp down at this stage if they were indeed headed for a stubborn period. Boffa continued to say he had never seen a vintage with such quality and quantity, echoing a refrain heard throughout Piedmont when discussing the 2004 vintage. Like so many producers, Boffa has backed off the French oak, a move that has benefitted his wines to a huge degree. AG AUGUST 2008 -    (hide)

August 2009

Wine Spectator rating: 94

Hight acidity, intense tanins, full bodied. Dry fruits, dry roses, wood, pepper, truffle. Angular with awesome complexity. exceptional.

November 2009

Good wine, not a typical Nebbiolo though and the colour and fruit profile count against this 'Barolo' rating.

June 2009

Rating: 92-93 - As reviewed by International Wine Cellar on 02/08

Rating: 92/100 - As reviewed by International Wine Cellar on 02/08

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