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"Sweet, full-bodied, and rich, it is a terrific effort for the vintage." Robert Parker
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"Full-bodied, with round and chewy tannins, yet rich and opulent, with lots of fruit and velvety texture."
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"Traditional style from La Morra opens with minimal air time displays impressive aromatic bouquet. Wine has good balance and a seductive elegant style. " Tim Adams

"Medium to full-bodied, it provides a hedonistic, fat, chewy mouthful of wine. Consume this exceptional Barolo over its first 12-14 years of life." Robert Parker
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"As the score suggests, it is a gorgeous wine, with terrific levels of perfume and intensity." Robert Parker
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"With ripe but noticeable tannin and excellent length, this is a potentially outstanding Barolo. Anticipated maturity: 2002-2014."

"This dark garnet-colored, pure, seductive, rich Barolo is nearly exotic." Robert Parker
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"Full-bodied, with fine tannins and a tight, but long finish."
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"It offers excellent to outstanding depth, medium to full body, and moderate tannin in the finish." Robert Parker
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"beautiful texture, good softness, and a long (30+ second) finish." Robert Parker
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"Medium-bodied, with a caressing texture and a long, smoky aftertaste." Wine Spectator

"The most complete of these 1999 Barolos, the Gancia opens with a refined, aromatic nose followed by layers of sweet dark fruit that unfold with notable length and persistence on the palate" Robert Parker
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"the Via Nuova offers a lovely floral nose and suggestions of small red fruits, minerals and spices on a medium-bodied frame with excellent length..." Robert Parker
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"Full-bodied, with chewy, wood-coated tannins and a long finish. "
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"warm and intense on the palate with black cherry, tar, and anisette flavors and a full finish." Robert Parker
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"lots of round and chewy tannins as well as a ripe, warm and generously fruity finish. Voluptuous style for Barolo. 93 pts Wine Spectator" James Suckling
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"The floral, tarry, and balsamic nose is warm and expansive, the palate ample and broad, the length and volume unquestionably superior." James Suckling
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"full-bodied palate, with silky tannins and a long finish. Harmonious and balanced. 225 cases made. "
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"Full-bodied, with soft and caressing tannins and a long, ripe fruit and vanilla aftertaste."
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"The more robust bottling from this estate oak is integrating faster and wines can drink young in 2000 Vintage drink or hold reserve while supplies last. " Tim Adams

"Intense aromas of blackberries, fresh herbs, wet earth and mushrooms follow through to a full-bodied palate. Bright and fruity, with ultrasilky tannins. Goes on and on. Gorgeous texture here. Really beautiful. Best after 2008. 150 cases made. -JS " James Suckling
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"Full-bodied, with supervelvety tannins and an ultrarefined palate. Round, caressing and delicious. 330 cases made."
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"spicy, elegant, anisette-laced nose and a fine-grained body which is quite long and sustained, will disappoint no one looking for high class Nebbiolo." Robert Parker
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"a terrific example of a more modern style of Barbaresco. It presents an elegant nose redolent of spices followed by rich macerated cherry and mineral flavors with superbly well-integrated oak and great overall balance." Robert Parker
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"Intense aromas of meat, berry and spices follow through to a full-bodied palate, with chewy tannins and a long finish. This is very rich and powerful. Needs loads of time. 350 cases made."
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"layers of ripe red fruit and licorice flavors with outstanding substance on the palate in a masculine, authoritative style. 220 cases." Robert Parker
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"Thick and rich with lots of plum, berry and tobacco aromas and flavors. Full-bodied, with integrated tannins and a long finish."
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"Very tightly wound as 2001 was a stellar vintage best bottle available for Marcarini's elegant side great wines for those who will wait cellar 4-5 yrs." Tim Adams

"extraordinary purity and elegance in its suggestions of raspberries, flowers, licorice, mint and sweet spices. Even at seven years of age it remains an incredibly primary, fresh wine with silky-textured tannins and notable finesse."
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"Full-bodied, with fine tannins and bright acidity."
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"Beautiful to drink in short term much more accesible than 2001 and wine will get better. Elegant with great intensity and by no means lacking body. " Tim Adams

"another strong effort. It sees a higher percentage of small French oak, and is therefore rounder and richer in its texture, with notable expansiveness on the palate." Antonio Galloni
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"Very beautiful aromas of berry, tar and rose follow through to a full-bodied palate, with fine tannins and a long finish of berry and vanilla. Very, very impressive. Polished and structured. Best after 2010. 1,000 cases made. -JS " James Suckling
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"Full-bodied, with ultrarefined tannins and a wonderfully long finish of blackberry and tea. The length is classy. 85 cases made."
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"The 2003 Barolo Rocche is sweeter and more vibrant than the Castiglione, with a plush palate presence and suggestions of cherries, flowers ans spices. The aromatics that are typically such a large part of this wine's personality have been somewhat surpressed by the hot vintage, but this rich, expansive Barolo is nevertheless very pleasurable. A few years of bottle age should help the tannins settle down. Anticipated maturity: 2009-2018. " Antonio Galloni
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"There's excellent focus and freshness to this, with loads of fresh raspberry and blackberry. Full-bodied and very silky, with a long, caressing finish. 380 cases made."
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"It reveals gorgeous purity in its dark cherries, violets, menthol and chocolate, with terrific vibrancy on the palate and a long, elegant finish." Robert Parker
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"This medium-bodied Barolo presents an attractive array of figs, plums, iron, leather, licorice and spice nuances on a long, sinewy frame, with good structure..." Robert Parker
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"Always an outstanting wine and my favorite from this estate 2003 is more approachble young but still tannic and intense. I reccomend decanting wine is cappable of long aging." Tim Adams

"It presents a lovely core of sweet fruit and the typical mentholated, balsamic notes that are typical of this site..." Robert Parker
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"A rare Einaudi wine that you can drink on the young side still with firm tannins but very enjoyable." Tim Adams

"The 2004 is another profound Larigi. Silky tannins frame a core of refined, elegant fruit. The aromatics are particularly expressive, and the wine boasts mind-bending purity, which should allow it to age gracefully for years. It is an awesome Larigi!" Antonio Galloni
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"The 2006 is an especially powerful Le Vigne boasting a solid core of floral, red fruits supported by firm yet elegant tannins. This, too, shows the considerable drive and focus that is the hallmark of the vintage. The wine's overall balance is impeccable." Antonio Galloni
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