Giacomo Conterno, Barolo Riserva Monfortino Size:12x750ml redcurrant

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Readers who prefer more aromatic complexity might prefer to cellar the 2012 for another few years

though as usual

My observation is that this 2011 vintage feels more overtly ripe

Giacomo Conterno, Barolo Riserva Monfortino Size:12x750ml redcurrantWould you believe I had a chance to buy a large parcel of Giovanni Conternos 1996 Barolo Riserva Monfortino when it was first released? Well, I did, but I was in business school, full of debt, and although I still bought a financially irresponsible amount of wine, it was not enough. This bottle of the 1996 is simply moving in its beauty. Dense and powerful in the glass, the 1996 possesses enough pedigree to drink well for another 30 years. All the