TN: 1999 Beni di Batasiolo Barolo (Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo)

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  • 1999 Beni di Batasiolo Barolo - Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barolo (7/23/2009)
    Amber color on the rim, showing distinct signs of age, muted nose, leather and meatiness. I am not a barolo expert and I thought they could go at least 10 years if not longer, but this wine seems past its prime with faded fruit.

Posted from CellarTracker Wow, an hour after I wrote this up it was already on page four of Cellar Tracker.

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Hey Bonnie,

I’m not familiar with the wine in question but 99 is an all time fantastic Barolo vintage and most wines are still extremely young and tight, many closed. A wine being already on the wane sounds suspicious to me. I think 93 is drinking well now for Piedmont vintages, and 98s and 00s are the most approachable of the last 10 vintages (96-05 being what is out there). 01 is a great vintage but a bit riper than 99 and 96 and some of the wines seemingly not shut down, whereas 96 and 99 need a lot more time. Some of the wines perhaps still need 8-10 years from those vintages.

Josh