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Barolo is a red wine. It has been named the “the wine of kings” and the “king of wines” by wine experts across the globe. The DOC – Denominazione di Origine Controllata, which is the Italian quality assurance label for wines states that Barolo wine must be produced from 100% Nebbiolo grape and has to age for a minimum of 3 years before being available to buy. The three years includes two years of aging in a barrel and one year resting in the bottle. It is also possible to purchase Reserva Barolo, where the wine must be aged for a minimum of 5 years before being sold.
Barolo wine comes from the Piedmont region of Northern Italy and is produced from the Nebbiolo grape, which is closely related to the word, “nebbia”, meaning “fog” in Italian. The reason the grape is known as Nebbiolo is that in September and October fog is quite common in the Piedmont region, which is the time that the grapes are ready for harvesting.
The Northern part of Italy with it’s warm temperatures during the day and cool temperatures at night, enables the Nebbiolo grape to have good aromatic complexity and high levels of tannin, which makes Barolo an excellent wine for aging.
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Giacomo Borgogno Reserva DOCG
91 Points eRobertParker
Reviews: "The estate’s 2003 Barolo Riserva is a wine made in the older Borgogno style, which is to say it is quite rustic, and not in the positive sense the term can be applied to some wines. The aromas and flavors are on the forward side. Worn-in leather, tobacco, licorice, tar and spices add complexity to dried cherries and red stone fruits that are already a bit faded. Some of that is a function of the year, but I sense some less than perfectly clean casks here as well. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2020.
This is by far the most impressive set of wines I have ever tasted from Borgogno, one of Barolo’s historic houses. …
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Price: £59.95
Stock: 1 in Stock
Gigi Rosso - Castelletto
Very Delicate and complex wine! Great combination of finese and strenght! Nose is perfumed with dried roses, mature red fruits and touches of delicate spices! On the taste, wine is sliky and very delicate! Very long palate and enchanting!
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Price: £42.95
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Gigi Rosso - Arione
Decanted and tasted over several hours. Deep, concentrated nose and palate. Aromas & flavours of morello cherry, tar, tree bark and assorted wood spices. Lengthy cherry sauce, tar and slightly figgy finish. Perfectly ripe, extracted and fabulous balance. This is one 2000 that is not close to being "past it" as some of the professional press have forewarned. Because the tannins aren't resolved and because there is so much ripe fruit here, I see 3-5+ years of life here.
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Price: £44.95
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Gigi Rosso - Sori del Ulivo Riserva
Great nose, quite generous. Complex and layered. Notes of red cherries and red fruits- a combination of fresh and slightly cooked red berries, violets and leather. Great live structure with amazing backbone of acidity and tannins. The tannins were well integrated, although firm. Flavors were still predominantly primary but you could get some notes of bottle age. Medium++ finish. Overall, quite elegant and young. This will grow better over the next 10 years.
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Price: £49.95
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Angelo Boffa
Aromas and flavours of mascerated cherries, cinnamon stick and white truffles. Touch of tar and damp earth. As KSC02 remarks, even 2 years after his TN, below, this wine is still deep, rich, medium plus bodied, and probably holding back. Very pleasant now with about an hour in decanter. Will last easily through 2020
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Price: £38.95
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Michele Chiarlo - Cerequio
The resulting wine is garnet red in color, with orange highlights that become slightly amber with age. Full, dry, austere and rather harsh when very young, this superb Barolo becomes rich and velvety with age, very harmonious and elegant. It exhibits a distinct bouquet of violets or rose petals, with seductively earthy, slightly musky undertones.
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Price: £46.95
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Belvedere-Bussia
The dense 1995 Barolo Bussia displays a saturated ruby colour. The rich, cedary, smoky, tobacco, and tar-scented nose is classic Nebbiolo. Excellent, with a layered texture, and a rich, spicy, austere, moderately tannic finish.
This wine is at the peak of its maturity and should remain so until 2012
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Price: £49.95
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Pio Cesare-Ornato
The high-quality 1995 Barolo Ornato, from one of the better vineyards of Serralunga d’Alba, is a classic full garnet in tonality. Its expansive floral, black cherry, clove and asphalt aromas give way to rich and substantial flavors, well supported by the firm tannins, fine definition, and much warmth from the alcohol and the tar and licorice notes of the finish. Deceptively appealing at the moment.
Drink from now until 2015
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Price: £49.95
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Belverdere-Bussia
Very mature appearance. On the nose, sweet, nutty, figgy nebbiolo aromas. On the palate this is very mature wine, delicious, integrated and open palate with some nice sweet black-figgy-pruney fruit and a nice depth and balance. Very much at a peak.
Ready for drinking now
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Price: £39.95
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MIchele Chiarlo - Cerequio
The 1993 Barolo Cerequio shows superb clarity and definition, with lovely notes of dark raspberries, black cherries, earthiness, menthol, spices and toasted oak. This is a wine that is all about precision and granularity in its detail. The tannins which once were heavy have now integrated well. Long finish.
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Price: £48.95
Stock: 2 in Stock
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