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Castiglione Barolo Nebbiolo 2020

9.1

Medium light ruby , garnet wide light garnet rim . On opening this was very fruit forward , strawberry, orange rind, raspberry and with some floral, liquorice and spice hints . On the palate again fruit forward , sweet strawberry , raspberry and some red cherry . Just balanced alcohol with fresh acidity . Tannins were quite rounded and sweet , it seemed to lack a little structure . Coming back to this a day later there is much more tannin which is ripe but gritty and more structure noticable . Bizarre how this happens quite often with young Barolo, they appear lighter and more fruit forward than they actually are on opening . A bit more serious too, showing more nuances . Herbal hints , with lightly smoky darker cherry , liquorice and stony, mineral hints on the medium length finish. You could drink this now (if you do what I did last night and just pop and pour), but will be better in 5 years or so and last well a further 5-10. — 4 days ago

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Fratelli Monchiero

Rocche di Castiglione Barolo Nebbiolo 2018

Andy Stabile

8.9

Should kept this in the bottle for a while.
Once it opened up, it just started to get interesting.

Touch of bitter acid, clove, oak all kept this from a higher rating…
— 2 months ago

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