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Marcarini Barolo Brunate 1996

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Winery:: Marcarini
Varietal:: Nebbiolo
Region:: Italy > Piedmont
Type:: Red Wine
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Drink Dates:: 2012 - 2040
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User Tags: fruit, red, berry, character, resinous, closed, oak, bottling, woody, intense

What to Expect

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.

Winemakers Notes

Barolo Brunate appears to possess greater richness of fruit than the 1996 Barolo La Serra, a more persuasive personality, and deep, big, full-bodied flavors with considerable tannin. It needs 5-6 years of cellaring and will keep for two decades. The Marcarini estate in La Morra is one of Barolo's most respected producers. Their 1989s and 1990s are tightly-knit, closed but promising wines that require 4-5 years of cellaring.Ripe and exotic, layering some herbal notes of sage and basil between the blasts of Port-like berry and plum flavors. A big wine, it finishes with a final whack of alcohol. read more...

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Rating: 95/100 - As reviewed by Wine Spectator

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The flavor calls to mind the sunshine of the Langhe hills; the bouquet is reminiscent of spice, tobacco, cinnamon and ripe fruit, with undertones of very fine wood. Color is garnet red, lively and intense, with slightly orange hues, but it is on the palate this wine fully reveals its magnitude, character and complexity: velvety, round, with soft tannins, well balanced components and remarkable persistence, it confirms the bouquets subtly spicy vein, with notes of liquorice and vanilla.

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Source: Zachy's

"Already tight as a drum, yet glorious aromas of flowers, berries and cherries come forth with air. The wine is full-bodied and very tannic, but has loads of fruit and fresh acidity. Don't touch this monster yet. Best after 2006...95." #17 In WS Top 100 (2000) and A Cellar Selection!