La Spinetta, Barbaresco, Bordini

Nice, but it’s over the hill. Let it open for a few hours but don’t hold

2007 vintage

Dracks till firandet av att huslånet betalts av efter en flaska Pol Roger Winston Churchill. Mycket bra och frukten höll ännu och gav en balans åt tanninerna som dragit sig tillbaka.

2009 vintage

Nez tr�s expressif, voire envo�tant. C'est floral et a�rien, du cassis. La bouche est g�n�reuse, les tannins assouplis et bien int�gr�s � ce stade-ci de l'�volution. Du beau fruit, on est sur la framboise et la cerise. Tr�s bon, je boirai ma derni�re dans les 2-3 ans

2012 vintage

My original impression was correct. It has not developed at all. Still high acid but tannins have resolved somewhat.

2009 vintage

This was past it’s prime

2009 vintage

Dark red color, some maturity. Nice warm ripe scent of red berries, blood orange, charcuterie and grape. Grumpy, harsh and dry mature character. Elements of stable and fat. Elegant and quite long.

2007 vintage

Spettacolare vino! Opened 2 bottles of 2007 to pair with linguine in clams dish during Christmas Eve dinner of 7 fishes. Wasn't sure what red wine would pair with this dish but Barbaresco was spot on. Would like to buy more but current vintage approaches $100.

2007 vintage

Purchased this in La Morra almost exactly three years ago. The bottle age since then has done this wine an amazing amount of good. One hour in the decanter and the wine was singing. Beautiful balance with soft tannins and lovely freshness. Floral and cherry nose, with beguiling earthy tones. Light on its feet. Drinking beautifully. Drink over the next three years.

2012 vintage

High acid and tannic. Not sure if more time will help or it’s just as good as it will get. Expected more.

2009 vintage

An outstanding Barbaresco. Full of cherries with a notably balanced alcohol presence. Ready to enjoy now after two-hour slow ox.

2012 vintage

Double decanted the bottle, gave it about 45 minutes to get to cellar temperature after that. Starts to open up slowly at that point. This wine is a delicious tease: It flirts with you as it aerates, and I love it. Red cherry and mulberry and subtle oak hide behind the acidity and tannins. Very fun, balanced mouthfeel. Very enjoyable. And then, wow! After about 90 minutes or maybe 2 hours, this wine just gets super smooth and even better …

2012 vintage

Nice complex nose with some evolution. Elegant and accessible with food. Good fruit and acidity to balance the fine but still unresolved tannin. Could have done with more time in the bottle. Should evolve really well another 10-15 years.

2007 vintage

Billiets Barbaresco Manifesto (Casa Billiet) : Pretty bouquet, rose petals, faint caramel, rich cherry with a feminine tone. Some astringency on the palate that subsided over the evening. Beautiful silkiness to the palate, high toned with spice on the finish. Delicious! Consensus #1 out of 6.

2012 vintage

-- decanted approximately 45 minutes before initial taste -- -- tasted non-blind over a few days -- NOSE: tons of VA; fumey; baked/roasted red fruits; unpleasant; touch of something leathery and petrichor. Bad. BODY: garnet color of medium-light to medium depth with bricking throughout; medium to medium-full bodied; Diam 5 cork. TASTE: very tannic; adequate acidity; extremely muted/dead on the palate, leading me to wonder if this has TBA going on. This got recorked and put back in the fridge …

2009 vintage

Last of a case we bought in 2016 at the winery, and really wish we had bought a second case! Really in a great place now - lovey currant-and-cranberry flavor.

2012 vintage

Stewed berry nose with dark berries predominant. Soft warm dark berry palate with good acidity and soft tannins. Lengthy finish.

2007 vintage

On day two smells amazing. Wild cherries and lovely. Intense. And on day two!

2012 vintage

Nez exub�rant sur le cassis, les cerises avec des notes florales de type pot-pourri. La bouche est g�n�reuse, avec des tanins fermes et une belle longueur. Belle expression du Barbaresco qui constitue un fort bon achat dans cette gamme de prix. Bon potentiel tout en s'av�rant agr�able � boire d�s maintenant. Devrait �tre dans une forme optimale au moins jusqu'en 2024.

2012 vintage

Au nez, cassis et m�res sont pr�dominants. Avec a�ration, d�veloppe un go�t de cerise noire et un c�t� l�g�rement animalier. Tannins encore bien structur�s. Belle longueur en bouche. Devrait continuer d��voluer encore quelques ann�es

2012 vintage

Provningens vinnare. Ännu tanninrik men med en härlig frisk frukt. Sparas mins 3 år till.

2009 vintage

Forward leaning barbaresco, with surprising sweet fruit, roses, chocolate and a wiff of mushrooms. Subtle tannins noticable after swallowing

2007 vintage

Lots of almost overripe fruit on the nose then dark cherry, plum and black fruits. Plum, anise and plenty of tannins with some minerality and structure. Early maturity. 90 points

2009 vintage

Medium full, delicate, long, balanced

2009 vintage

2nd bottle tried from a case - working to phase into/through drinking window. A bit thin and metallic. Hopefully will settle and develop over time. We love Spinetta, but this one isn't a favorite.

2012 vintage

Did we drink this too young? It was still the group favorite.

2012 vintage

Everything they do is exceptional. Ros� is phenomenal.

2012 vintage

Beautiful red fruit and forest floor nose. Juicy raspberry, cranberry fruits on the palate with sufficient balanced acidity and soft tannins. Medium length finish.

2007 vintage

Complex and interesting. Ripe fruit buried in extremely dry tannins and pith. Notes of white pepper upon opening have since evened out as this opened up for 20-30 mins.

2009 vintage

Medium red. Lighter style with red berries, mint. Still tannins here, but this is definitely an early drinker. Maybe another 3-4 years here to soften the tannins but quite pleasant now.

2009 vintage

Decanted for a couple hours. Light to medium bodied with a very unique nose and palate. Tons of black tea, syrupy raspberry, mint, tobacco, and a metallic note. Still hard/gripping tannins on the finish but lacking in structure. Probably needs 2-3 more years but likely won't improve much from here. Would not have guessed Nebbiolo.

2009 vintage

Excellent baby...wait!!!

2012 vintage

Light medium red color; reduction, dried cranberry nose; reduction, dried cranberry palate with balancing acidity; medium-plus finish

2012 vintage

This is a much better wine now compared to three years ago. Very good.

2009 vintage

After decanting a a very classic and complex nose - tea leaves, spices, chocolate. Long and stringent taste - raspy tannins still there. Dark fruits balance the acidity. A very decent Barbaresco.

2007 vintage

This bottle had a strange aroma, which may be from the Slovakian Oak or might have been the famed "tar" of Nebbiolo. Decanting helped. However, the taste was smooth with an easy finish. Good fruit. Balanced acidity. No bitterness. Beautiful pale red. Paired very well with a brunch--sliced ham, mashed potatoes, eggs, etc. Very nice food wine.

2009 vintage

A balanced wine with all that a modern barbaresco should have but in the right proportions Flowers, fruits and spices; tannins holding it up without without dominating it, volume and freshness. A very good wine sadly without mystique

2007 vintage

Beautiful garnet color indicating age. Aromas of Floral and red fruit, high in acidity, tannin, and well structured. Will develop beautifully in bottle for another decade.

2007 vintage

Popped and poured.Quite complex nose. Roses,sweet liquor and berries. a small funky after taste and more tannins for each glass. Should probably have decanted this bottle for an hour or so. So far the most expensive pizza wine I have tasted. ;-/

2007 vintage

{diam cork} Surprising in a number of ways. First, this was purchased off the list at Herbsaint in New Orleans. I mention it because it was a PnP that worked surprisingly well, not because it was 2009 Barbaresco (i.e. early drinker), and not because it was Rivetti, but because it was kind of the opposite of (what I've come to expect from) those things. This is beautiful, very pure, clean and balanced. No traces of oak or (over) ripe fruit; …

2009 vintage

Over ripe blackberry and tar on the nose and palate. Excruciatingly tannic finish. After 3 hours in the decanter this smelled like peach schnapps. Odd.

2009 vintage

Yummy nose. Rich, round, warm and inviting floral aromas of violets and rose. Soft and a touch thin on the palate in an easy drinking sort of way for nebbiolo, but with some tannin present. The nose carries the wine.

2009 vintage

Tasted at the winery. My wife and I couldn't agree on this wine, which is unusual for us. I thought it was very mediocre, she thought it would be quite good with time. Single vineyard (Bordini). Quite acidic and tannic. Definitely not enjoyable now but may do well with time.

2009 vintage

Drunk in Piedmont with white truffle fonduta and tajarin. Complex nose - lavender, rose, herbs, cherry and red fruit in background. Softened quickly and nice with food. *** (***1/2)

2009 vintage

Taste with DOC Wine at FHE. Touch savory, real pretty feminine red tar, tobacco leaves, tomato and minerals. Screams Italy and Barbaresco.

2009 vintage

We knew this was way too young to open, but the mood struck us and it became an impulse buy. As expected, it wasn't ready. The fruit was mostly muted, and heat from the alcohol was still in the forefront. It was also still rather tannic, but they were very dense and very fine. Although young and shut down, it stood up fantastically to the huge chunks of beef we pulled off the grill. In all I believe it has …

2009 vintage

From a half bottle. Lovely aromatics that blossom after 2+ hours decanted. very berrydriven, blackberries, sloeberries, but also floral (violets, roses, perfume) and some christmas spice on the back end. Silky attack, lots of tannins on the finish. Very good freshness. I highly recommend it.

2009 vintage

RussK. best of 2013 at wine watch. 91-

2009 vintage

Floral sour cherry nose with more sour cherry on the palate along with some earthy flavors brisk acidity and sharp tannins. steadily improved in the glass and a good match with the risotto

2007 vintage

25 year-old vines. Bright dark-red and blue fruits. Coffee. Coffee-mocha on the palate, dark fruits - roasted? Chalky full tannins. No scores recorded.

2009 vintage

Just as good as the 2008

2009 vintage

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