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Tasting notes
Score 90/100 · Drink 2005-2018, Daniel Thomases, Wine Advocate, Oct 2003

The 1999 Barolo shows the quality of the vintage – this is very good juice indeed for purchased grapes. A solid, vibrant garnet with a powerful tarry, wild cherry, and rose petal nose, it is forceful and ripe in flavor, ample and deep with significant length and textural density and can be drunk from 2005 to 2018. Importer: Paterno Imports, Lake Bluff, IL; tel. (847) 604-8900

Critic scores

Critic scores
91
91/100

Average Score

92
91-93/100

Stephen Tanzer, Vinous

90
90/100

Daniel Thomases, Wine Advocate

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91 - 93 points
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
Score 91-93/100 · Stephen Tanzer, Vinous

Saturated medium ruby. Deeply spicy, roasted aromas of redcurrant, tar, camphor and mint. Sweet, dense and powerful; this is packed with material. The wine's serious acid/tannin combination gives it outstanding vigor. A Barolo with terrific lively sweetness; really expands in the mouth. Finishes juicy and long, with chewy, ripe tannins. Likely to be the best Barolo normale of the recent string of excellent years.

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Pio Cesare
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Grape Blend

Nebbiolo

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

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