I have a decent stash of this wine and considering checking in a bottle next week. I love Barolo and I love G. Rinaldi but I dread opening an Barolo when it’s an unyielding wall of acid and tannin. I’d appreciate if anyone might share their thoughts on how it might show now and the overall drinking window.
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Let us know! I only have 1
CT has a few confusing notes. My own experience with the wine is it hasn’t been an “unyielding wall of acid and tannin” and would suggest opening one now. A few years ago, it drank well on PNP and excellent with some air. More recent bottles have been more advanced. I still have a couple left to check in myself. Perhaps you can open one and share your thoughts?
I, too, opened one a couple of years ago. Excellent, youthful, not in some undrinkable phase. I gave it a decant a couple of hours before drinking, and I’d do, at least, that now.
Yup, I had it a few months ago and it is good to go, albeit in a warmer style - in the style of the vintage I guess.
Thanks everyone. I’ll give it a go with a few hours of air and will report back late next week.
I’ve only had the '11 Brunate, back in 2022, but it was wide open. There are probably no 2011 Barolo/Barbaresco that are not drinking well right now, except some that may be already past peak. Only one I can think of that’s perhaps an exception is the Conterno Francia, but even with that wine it’s TBD IMO if it gets better.
I’ve had it twice in the last two years. Iirc, the bottle I had in 23 saw a lot more air than the one I had last year and that air certainly helped a good bit. Given the vintage, I don’t think it would hurt at all to open one since you have multiple bottles. Just err on the side of more air from my experience
Given the stylistic and blend changes that had occurred at G. Rinaldi I would think this is a hard question to answer without checking it yourself. The '11 was the second vintage they made the Tre Tine so it’s not like there’s a super long record of how they perform. But I’d say that anecdotally now’s not the worst time to start checking in on 2011’s given what the vintage conditions were.
I look forward to hearing how it showed for you!
Your post was reason enough to open one and see. Here’s my TN from tonight
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FWIW, I think the majority of '11s are drinking reasonably well right now. It is a pretty forward and supple vintage where the best producers retained freshness and perfume and didn’t get too ripe. I don’t doubt that this wine will hold for some time, but I also doubt it will get much better than it is now. Thanks fro giving me a reason to open one.
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IIRC then it’s only a labeling change due to new regulations at the time, and the tre tine name was hatched but the wine has a long record.
Well……sort of. The Tre Tine includes Le Coste now, so for obvious reasons they can’t solely call it Cannubi-San Lorenzo. Given the gradual change in winemaker and the addition of Le Coste to the blend, it is a wine all of itself
Sorry, but as Keith mentioned that’s not quite the case. Before 2010 G. Rinaldi made two Barolo blends, the Brunate-Le Coste and the Cannubi San Lorenzo. But due to EU regulations changes that went into effect in 2010 you could no longer label a Barolo with multiple vineyards listed on the label. And given the Brunate-Le Coste was mostly Brunate in terms of volume, the decision was made to remove Le Coste from the blend and make a straight Brunate so it could be labelled as such. The Le Coste grapes were then incorporated into the Cannubi San Lorenzo blend. They named it the 3 sisters for that reason.
Thank you @Todd_Tucker. It is extremely kind of you to open a bottle from your stash and post a note.
I’m opening a bottle next Wednesday and will report back. I’m hoping that the need for air suggests the wine is at a youthful peak that will hold for some time.
I recently pulled one from storage and planning to open soon as well.
Seems IRI (I remember incorrectly) then Andrew!
Aside from that I reckon that Coste won’t damage the potential even if correct that it should have some influence.
Ps. Tine doesn’t refer to or mean sisters, believe it refers to the vats.
Previous to the legal changes they had two Baroli, aside from the occasional Brunate Riserva. They were “Brunate- Le Coste” and “Cannubi San Lorenzo-Ravera”. Both were blends of two vineyards. I believe the B-LC was historically depending on vintage around +/- 30% Le Coste but that is a foggy memory from visits a while back. The “Brunate” is now 85% Brunate and 15% Le Coste. Under the new regulations, single vineyard Baroli are still allowed 15% of “not that vineyard” in the blend. It’s still in there, but they are no longer allowed to put the other vineyard on the label. So the new “Brunate” now is 85% Brunate. The Rare “Brunate Riserva” is 100% Brunate. Because the Ravera plus the leftover Le Coste from the Brunate bottling in the new “Tre Tine” bottling combine to more than 15%, that bottling cannot be called Cannubi (or any vineyard for that matter), so they made up the “Tre Tine” name. As Michael correctly pointed out, the name was created because the volume of that bottling pretty much fills three Tine in the cellar.
Also and I am sure many of you already know, but in case you don’t, in the previously produced “Cannubi San Lorenzo-Ravera” bottling, Cannubi San Lorenzo is a subplot of Cannubi (one of the historically favored parts of Cannubi) and the Ravera is Ravera di Novello not Ravera di Monforte.
@ehrlichdy. That was no heavy cross to bear to open that bottle. I just needed a soft nudge and it made me happy, so thank you for the idea!
Couldn’t resist the crowd sourced approach. Also opened one, first one in two years. Looking forward to the Wednesday note!
Deep red cherry, roasted dark fruit, meaty, balsamic, glassy polished med+ acids, sweet wood, fine tannin. Wine improved with air (off pop and pour) and likely finished before it peaked. I suspect wine still has a bit to give from here, over next 3-5 years, as tannins and wood soften further.
I’m a big fan of this wine and I’ve had it 3 times over the last 6 years. Each time it has been excellent. This last time I opened it with a 2011 Cappellano Rupestris and it was a bit younger than the Cappellano but still very enjoyable and not at all closed. I think it certainly has room to evolve but you won’t regret opening one now.
I really appreciate the comments and clarification Todd!