2001 Poderi Aldo Conterno Barolo Colonnello
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The 2001 Barolo Colonnello, a rich ruby, displays a superbly elegant and deep nose of spices, prunes and violets. It is a very soft and feminine Barolo featuring flavors of delicate black cherry and plum fruit with notes of tar and minerals that emerge as the wine sits in the glass. “The soils here are sandier, and Colonnello is more typical of the style of wine found in Barolo and La Morra,” explains Conterno.
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The 2001 Barolo Colonnello, a rich ruby, displays a superbly elegant and deep nose of spices, prunes and violets. It is a very soft and feminine Barolo featuring flavors of delicate black cherry and plum fruit with notes of tar and minerals that emerge as the wine sits in the glass. “The soils here are sandier, and Colonnello is more typical of the style of wine found in Barolo and La Morra,” explains Conterno. Anticipated maturity: 2009-2019. Importer: Domaine Select, New York, NY; tel. (212) 279-0799
Good full medium red. Highly nuanced nose of red berries, minerals, flowers, spices, underbrush and caramel. Then juicy and tight in the mouth, with very brisk, firm flavors of red berries and minerals. At once superripe and gripping. Perhaps a bit uncharacteristically structured and closed for this bottling, owing to its excellent acidity and tightly wound tannins. Slow-building finish is long and perfumed.