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Giacomo Conterno Barolo Monfortino Riserva 1997

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1997 Vintage

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Winery:
Giacomo Conterno
Varietal:
Nebbiolo
Region:
Italy > Piedmont
Type:
Red Wine
Drink Dates:
2011 - 2024
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User Tags:  spicy, complex, stone fruits, nuts, petroleum, tar, rich, licorice, smokey, cherry 


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Nebbiolo is a fickle grape famed as much for its pale appearance as for its tannic character and produces some of the most perfumed and richly flavored wines. Though generally only medium-bodied, the wines possess rose and anise scented aromatics and deep flavors of cherry, orange peel and subtle green herb tones.

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Snooth User: Gregory Dal Piaz
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Good stuff.


February 2009

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Snooth User: Gregory Dal Piaz
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similar to the Cascina Francia if a shade lighter - exoticly spicy on the nose, confiture note, wood smoke, cherry jam, cedary, strawberry, mace, more obviously fruity but also more complex than the CF, a complex curry like spice, more like cardamom and fenugreek with a bit of café latte - sweet entry, good acidity, tannins well buffered in the plush fruit but boy there are some tannins, tarry, leathery attack, tannins quickly build adding a nutty note before they clamp down on the finish which is very black spiced, tar and licorice, with a black cherry confiture core, a hint of porcini in the spiciness, read more...


October 2008

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Snooth User: Chinon96
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Explosive nose of spices (cardamon, clove, allspice,) and ripe cherry fruit. Some floral notes and hot rocks. Pretty exotic and very ripe but thoroughly captivating. A panoply of spices with a serious mineral underpinning. Ripe and expansive with a very lush mouthfeel and great concentration. Very complex already and so approachable it is almost scary. Long winding finish with big tannins that are very ripe. You know this has alot to give in reserve but it is unreal right now.


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Rating: 94/100 - As reviewed in Piedmont Report # G2 on Apr-05


 

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