TN: 1995 Giovanni Corino Barolo Vigneto Arborina (Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo)

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  • 1995 Giovanni Corino Barolo Vigneto Arborina - Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo (9/7/2019)
    Decanted for 2 hours and followed through the evening. Garnet with scarlet hints. Three hours after opening the nose became a blast of violets, hyacinth, plum pits, camphor, and earthy tar. Pliant on the palate with layers of dark plum, blackberry, balsam, asphalt, and graphite. Dusty, filed-off tannin and moderate acidity. Longer finish of red and dark plum fruit laced with leather and tar. Vibrant, tensile, and very much alive at age 24. (93 pts.)

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Sounds delicious! I love the wines of Giovanni Corino (and Renato Corino for that matter), but I find them hard to find. Glad to see they age well!

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Hi Chris,

I picked this up recently on a retail shelf for a fair price and did not know much about the producer. They use barriques but I did not detect any modern influence as I imagine 24 years allows a fair amount of integration.

Cheers,
Doug