Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
89
/100
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13
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Taster #6620
· Mar 15, 2013
89/100
Red with a brownish hue. Showing it's age. Funky barnyard nose. Old world style. Notes of maple syrup, underbrush and tar. On the lean side. I would recommend drinking this if you have any. First time I have scored a barolo from this producer under 90 points. 88-89 points.
1998 vintage
Taster #8514
· Dec 30, 2012
82/100
Agree that it's a old world style. Went ok with spagheti /meatballs but nothing special on it's own. Fruit almost gone - might have been better 2-3 years ago.
1998 vintage
Taster #7221
· Sep 5, 2012
86/100
The nose showed dark red berries, spice box, dark chocolate and a hint of vanilla. On the palate, it was soft with a diluted feel, showing tart red fruit, cedar and angular tannins. The finish showed fading red berries.
1998 vintage
Taster #4739
· Jan 18, 2012
92/100
It's at it's peak. Beautifully balanced. Tannins almost completely resolved. Good length and pleasant acidity on finish. Bouquet difficult to describe but reminds me of stewed plums but with some sweetness and complexity.
1998 vintage
Taster #8514
· Jan 15, 2012
90/100
Some leather on the nose and I agree with the comments that it's an old world style. Paired well with pasta with vegetable red sauce. My wife caught the prune taste also but to me it was very earthy. Ready now, I'll be drinking the rest of mine this year.
1998 vintage
Taster #9122
· Oct 2, 2010
90/100
Very supple Barolo with soft tannins and a bouquet of greater complexity than the finish. Earth and spice dominate fruit and the structure is still decidedly "old world." Very good wine that paired nicely with osso bucco. Probably worth drinking sooner than later.
1998 vintage
Taster #8216
· Dec 29, 2009
91/100
Last Offline of the Decade (MLV's & JC's) : A little tannic still, but elegant and reserved red fruit with a fairly long finish with some spicebox and a hint of earth. Not an in your face wine, one better suited to pairing with the proper foods.
1998 vintage
Taster #1688
· Dec 8, 2009
90/100
Nice, balanced Barolo with well-integrated tannins. Soft, easy drinker, perhaps acking a little in character. Now seems to be the perfect drinking window for this wine.
1998 vintage
Taster #2869
· May 24, 2009
91/100
Drinking very nicely - good balance, fruit is still there, not minerally like I've been finding many old-world wine's of late
1998 vintage
Taster #7613
· Aug 4, 2008
87/100
Pretty mundane. nose of slightly oxidized wine, madeirized, if you will, the wine clearly has some age and perhaps is long in the tooth. Ripe and nearly oxidezed dried fruit, almost prunish, permeate the palate, along with a drying sensation that truncates the finish. Sort of old world Barolo, or perhaps over the hill, I would not wait to finish any remaining bottles.
1998 vintage
Taster #7613
· Mar 7, 2008
89/100
Pretty pedestrian really. Sour cherry notes frame a fairly high acidity. mature and ready to go.
1998 vintage
Taster #9323
· Jan 12, 2007
84/100
Balanced rather than fruit forward. I never felt it opened much over the next 24 hours.
1998 vintage
Taster #6620
· Sep 17, 2004
92/100
Only 850 cases were made. This is my style of Barolo. Smooth and silky texture. An underlying earthiness with notes of raspberry and spice. A round wine which needs a little more time to be ready to drink.
1998 vintage
Taster #5274
· Nov 8, 2003
Beautiful nose, cherry with earth Tight, needs time to develop and balance out
1998 vintage