1982 Domenico Clerico Barolo Ciabot Mentin Ginestra
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Domenico Clerico' s 1982 Barolo Ciabot Mentin Ginestra more than holds its own in this flight of 1982s, which is high praise indeed. The wine is worth all of that admiration, and more. In the early 1980s Clerico worked with very rustic means. The wines were made in an outdoor shack outside Clerico's house. The 1982 did is malolactic fermentation in used casks Clerico purchased from Aldo Conterno was aged in reconditioned beer barrels that were common in Piedmont at the time. But Ginestra is a great site, and aside from meticulous farming, it doesn't need much, as this wine clearly attests. Still in fabulous shape, Clerico's 1982 is a monument of the greatness of Barolo. Wow!
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Very good is the extraordinarily complex 1982 Barolo Ginestra. A bouquet of dried herbs, smoked meats, tobacco, truffles, and earthy black fruits soars from the glass. Full-bodied, rustic and animalistic, this is a thick, earthy-styled, fully mature Barolo. Drink it over the next 7-8 years. Clerico is one of Piedmont's modernist winemakers, but based on how this vintage has evolved, one could say that some of the criticism of the modern Piedmontese winemaking school (that suggests the wines do not age well) is off target. Importers: Vin Divino, Chicago, IL; tel. (773) 334-6700 and Michael Skurnik, Syosset, NY; tel. (516) 677-9300