Spinetta, Barolo Campe other_regions_italy

Spinetta, Barolo Campe other_regions_italy2000 La Spinetta Barolo Campe shows an inky dark color. With a nose of over ripe, jammy blueberry, blackberry, wood and raisin. Big, fat and concentrated, the wine shows a little heat along with dry tannins in the opulent, ripe, black cherry flavored finish. I wasn't a fan of Barolo before tasting this wine. This bottle, which is atypical for Barolo did not change my mind.

There is excellent volume to the intense and tautly muscular middle weight plus flavors that culminate in an explosively long

the Alpine is positively stellar today

(89-92)/2012+

dried herbs and earthy layers

A hint of reduction is going to need time in bottle to dissipate

I have no doubt that in time further treasures will emerge from beneath the surface of primary and secondary aromas

As the description suggests the balance isn’t perfect but there is so much underlying material that my score offers the benefit of the doubt that this will better harmonize with a few years of bottle age

more backward and powerful than the Gravelly Meadow

where you'll find pear and melon with a touch of under-ripe pineapple and cool stone fruits

lush and offers length and character

but I imagine it will remain a brute for quite some time beyond that

leaving notes of dark berry liqueur and allspice behind