Pio Cesare
Barolo Nebbiolo
Barolo, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
Celebrating my 4000th TN on Delectable!!
I opened this bottle of the 1982 about four hours prior to dinner. It was a little tight and old smelling so I poured it into a wide-bottomed ship’s decanter where I left it until I needed to head to the restaurant. I then poured it back into the bottle. By the time I poured the first glass, the wine had freshened up and it was positively singing! It’s a beautiful garnet color with a transparent core; medium viscosity with no staining of the tears and definitely quite a bit of sediment to watch out for. On the nose, after all of the air, the wine is vinous with gorgeous notes of ripe and dried, red fruits: Morello cherry, raspberry, dried roses, tar, truffle, cedar chest, leather, dried herbs and gravelly earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin (integrated) and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long. This is such a lovely bottle of Pio Cesare Barolo annata and perhaps proving once again that the 1982 vintage was very special throughout Europe. Drink now through 2042+.
Celebrating my 4000th TN on Delectable!!
I opened this bottle of the 1982 about four hours prior to dinner. It was a little tight and old smelling so I poured it into a wide-bottomed ship’s decanter where I left it until I needed to head to the restaurant. I then poured it back into the bottle. By the time I poured the first glass, the wine had freshened up and it was positively singing! It’s a beautiful garnet color with a transparent core; medium viscosity with no staining of the tears and definitely quite a bit of sediment to watch out for. On the nose, after all of the air, the wine is vinous with gorgeous notes of ripe and dried, red fruits: Morello cherry, raspberry, dried roses, tar, truffle, cedar chest, leather, dried herbs and gravelly earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium+ tannin (integrated) and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long. This is such a lovely bottle of Pio Cesare Barolo annata and perhaps proving once again that the 1982 vintage was very special throughout Europe. Drink now through 2042+.
Interesting wine. Fully mature. Not my favorite but still enjoyable.
Interesting wine. Fully mature. Not my favorite but still enjoyable.
Nov 30th, 2014
Leather and roses up front with cherry, cinnamon and spice in the middle. The finish lets up a little, but overall a very good wine with all the classic aged Nebbiolo characteristics.
Leather and roses up front with cherry, cinnamon and spice in the middle. The finish lets up a little, but overall a very good wine with all the classic aged Nebbiolo characteristics.
Feb 21st, 2016
Perfect wine with rabbit ragu and Martelli pasta on a snowy winter night.
Perfect wine with rabbit ragu and Martelli pasta on a snowy winter night.
Feb 22nd, 2015
