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Giacomo Conterno

1998 Giacomo Conterno, Barolo, Monfortino Riserva

Italy Nebbiolo Piedmont Barolo 750ML

Wine Advocate

93-95

Vinous

96
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1998 Giacomo Conterno, Barolo, Monfortino Riserva
Giacomo Conterno

1998 Giacomo Conterno, Barolo, Monfortino Riserva

Italy Nebbiolo Piedmont Barolo 750ML

Wine Advocate

93-95

Vinous

96
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The Wine Advocate

Wine Advocate

93-95

For academic reasons I have included this review simply because I love these old style wines. Who can't admire a producer who won't even release this wine until 2006-2007? Since we will not see this wine for nearly a decade, I will keep my tasting notes brief. Tasted from a gigantic foudre (where the entire Monfortino cuvee is sitting), it is a ruby-colored wine with a forward, evolved style (typical of the 1998 vintage), and a sweet bouquet of rose water, tar, truffles, minerals, and cherry fruit. Full-bodied, but beautifully balanced, it is delicious enough to drink now, although that would be considered heresy in these cellars. Let's hope the style at this winery never changes as it produces the quintessential traditional Barolo (along with those of Bruno Giacosa and a handful of other Piedmontese producers). In a world where immediate gratification is often the holy grail, the reality is that most consumers will not wait ten years for the wine to be released, and another ten years for it to hit its peak of maturity. For the few that do, the rewards are immeasurable. The wines produced by Giovanni Conterno are monuments to Nebbiolo as well as to the glory of Piedmont.

Vinous

Vinous

96

The 1998 Barolo Riserva Monfortino is still young, especially from magnum, but it is a wine that I am enjoying more of late. It really needed a number of years, although it remains raw and not fully complete just yet. Burly, powerful and tannic, the 1998 reminds me a bit of the 1995 in that it is a Monfortino that still needs bottle age to be at its most expressive.

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The Wine Advocate

Wine Advocate

93-95

For academic reasons I have included this review simply because I love these old style wines. Who can't admire a producer who won't even release this wine until 2006-2007? Since we will not see this wine for nearly a decade, I will keep my tasting notes brief. Tasted from a gigantic foudre (where the entire Monfortino cuvee is sitting), it is a ruby-colored wine with a forward, evolved style (typical of the 1998 vintage), and a sweet bouquet of rose water, tar, truffles, minerals, and cherry fruit. Full-bodied, but beautifully balanced, it is delicious enough to drink now, although that would be considered heresy in these cellars. Let's hope the style at this winery never changes as it produces the quintessential traditional Barolo (along with those of Bruno Giacosa and a handful of other Piedmontese producers). In a world where immediate gratification is often the holy grail, the reality is that most consumers will not wait ten years for the wine to be released, and another ten years for it to hit its peak of maturity. For the few that do, the rewards are immeasurable. The wines produced by Giovanni Conterno are monuments to Nebbiolo as well as to the glory of Piedmont.

Vinous

Vinous

96

The 1998 Barolo Riserva Monfortino is still young, especially from magnum, but it is a wine that I am enjoying more of late. It really needed a number of years, although it remains raw and not fully complete just yet. Burly, powerful and tannic, the 1998 reminds me a bit of the 1995 in that it is a Monfortino that still needs bottle age to be at its most expressive.