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  • Country ranking ?

    79
  • Producer ranking ?

    17
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    Now

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The Story

Conterno’s Monfortino is a heavyweight contender for the best Barolo around, and it definitely has our vote. It’s a matchless experience of power paired with subtlety and the effect is quite seductive. As it opens, you’ll experience classic hints of rose, earthy black truffles, cigar box, and anise in a boldly structured wine that’s still quite fresh. 

Antonio Galloni of Vinous said it’s a “magnificent” wine that “explodes from the glass wi...

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The 1961 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Monfortino Riserva took it up another notch, with a sweeter and smokier style, almost like some BBQ ribs.  It was ‘too much’ for at least one, but I found this wine to be incredibly complex.  It continued to develop aromas and flavors of licorice, tea, tar and smoke.  Its acidity exerted itself in fine fashion, and its sandy and desert-y personality let you know that nature was still in charge (97).

  • 97p

Garnet with orange rim. Coffee, licorice, dry notes, intense. High acidity, ripe tannins, feels youthful on the fruit, but seems to start to dry up in the finish. 90

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Origin

Ornati, Piedmont

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