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Giuseppe Rinaldi

2003 Giuseppe Rinaldi, Barolo, Cannubi S.Lorenzo Ravera

Italy Nebbiolo Piedmont Barolo 750ML

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Vinous

91

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2003 Giuseppe Rinaldi, Barolo, Cannubi S.Lorenzo Ravera
Giuseppe Rinaldi

2003 Giuseppe Rinaldi, Barolo, Cannubi S.Lorenzo Ravera

Italy Nebbiolo Piedmont Barolo 750ML

Wine Advocate

91

Vinous

91

CellarTracker

93
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The Wine Advocate

Wine Advocate

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The 2003 Barolo Cannubi(San Lorenzo)/Ravera is sweet and ripe with the essence of perfumed sweet cherries and raspberries. It is made in a soft, seductive style that is unusual for this producer and which makes the wine very accessible even at this stage. It is a great choice for near-term drinking yet also possesses enough freshness to age for another decade or more. Anticipated maturity: 2007-2019. I always look forward to visiting this small, family-run property as Giuseppe Rinaldi is one of the most entertaining producers in the zone. Armed with a wicked sense of humor, he is apt to keep visitors engaged for hours. Walking into the cellar is like stepping into the past, a time when the pace of life was much slower and still rooted in a more human tempo. Like all producers Rinaldi was faced with the prospect of an unusually early harvest. "I absolutely refused to pick my Nebbiolos in September, so I waited until the first of October," says Rinaldi. I have never seen anything like 2003. It was so hot that summer that on many evenings I would take a candle and good book and go sleep in the cellar." Rinaldi's 2003s are more successful than I had originally envisaged, yet his 2004s were rapturous when I tasted them from barrel a few months ago. Giuseppe Rinaldi's Barolos remain among the most rigorously traditional wines being made today. They will appeal most to readers looking for pure, unadulterated wines, that while not always perfect from a technical standpoint, never fail to deliver a memorable drinking experience.

Vinous

Vinous

91

Medium red-amber color. Aromas of roasted plum, redcurrant, strawberry and black walnut, with a balsamic nuance. Shows a porty roasted fruit character along with a texture of liquid silk, with juicy acidity lifting the middle palate. A distinctly traditional style and downright idiosyncratic, but this boasts grip of steel and finishes with impressive power and breadth. Tannins are dusty without being dry. (This wine seems more tannic than the Brunate today, but Rinaldi says the '03 is atypical: it's usually gentler than Cannubi at the beginning but lasts as long in bottle.) I'd be very curious to follow this over the next decade. No doubt the Ravera juice, generally higher in acidity and from a site less likely to be affected by drought stress, added some much-needed lift to this wine.

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The Wine Advocate

Wine Advocate

91

The 2003 Barolo Cannubi(San Lorenzo)/Ravera is sweet and ripe with the essence of perfumed sweet cherries and raspberries. It is made in a soft, seductive style that is unusual for this producer and which makes the wine very accessible even at this stage. It is a great choice for near-term drinking yet also possesses enough freshness to age for another decade or more. Anticipated maturity: 2007-2019. I always look forward to visiting this small, family-run property as Giuseppe Rinaldi is one of the most entertaining producers in the zone. Armed with a wicked sense of humor, he is apt to keep visitors engaged for hours. Walking into the cellar is like stepping into the past, a time when the pace of life was much slower and still rooted in a more human tempo. Like all producers Rinaldi was faced with the prospect of an unusually early harvest. "I absolutely refused to pick my Nebbiolos in September, so I waited until the first of October," says Rinaldi. I have never seen anything like 2003. It was so hot that summer that on many evenings I would take a candle and good book and go sleep in the cellar." Rinaldi's 2003s are more successful than I had originally envisaged, yet his 2004s were rapturous when I tasted them from barrel a few months ago. Giuseppe Rinaldi's Barolos remain among the most rigorously traditional wines being made today. They will appeal most to readers looking for pure, unadulterated wines, that while not always perfect from a technical standpoint, never fail to deliver a memorable drinking experience.

Vinous

Vinous

91

Medium red-amber color. Aromas of roasted plum, redcurrant, strawberry and black walnut, with a balsamic nuance. Shows a porty roasted fruit character along with a texture of liquid silk, with juicy acidity lifting the middle palate. A distinctly traditional style and downright idiosyncratic, but this boasts grip of steel and finishes with impressive power and breadth. Tannins are dusty without being dry. (This wine seems more tannic than the Brunate today, but Rinaldi says the '03 is atypical: it's usually gentler than Cannubi at the beginning but lasts as long in bottle.) I'd be very curious to follow this over the next decade. No doubt the Ravera juice, generally higher in acidity and from a site less likely to be affected by drought stress, added some much-needed lift to this wine.