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1999 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Monfortino Riserva
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RP 98

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1999 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Monfortino Riserva

Producer: Giacomo Conterno
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Nebbiolo
Origin: Italy
Region: Piedmont

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93-96 Points | International Wine Cellar , November/December 2004

Good full red. Very deep, sappy, complex nose combines black fruits, violet, rose and minerals. Then sweet, dense and lush, with terrific clarity of flavor and inner-mouth perfume. This has all the elements of great Barolo. Finishes with compelling aromatic complexity, noble tannins and great length.

98 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate

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Underated Vintage
02/03/2006
by Franey10819735
Steve is right-on with this review. Most Wine publications have seriously overlooked this excellent Piedmont Vintage.

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Italy, like France, offers a world of wine styles within a single country: dry Italian white wines ranging from lively and minerally to powerful and full-bodied; cheap and cheerful Italian red wines in both a cooler, northern style and a richer, warmer southern style; structured, powerful reds capable of long aging in bottle; sparkling wines; sweet wines and dessert wines.
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Nebbiolo

Nebbiolo based wines made outside the Langhe hills are often lost in the commotion over Barolo and Barbaresco. The provinces of Vercelli and Novarra in the northern reaches of the Piedmont area are home to wines like Carema, Ghemme, and Gattinara. The latter two wines are mostly Nebbiolo, which as traditionally been blended with...
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