Paolo Conterno, Barolo Ginestra

Paolo Conterno, Barolo GinestraThe 2013 Barolo Ginestra shows grace and purity, with significant power at the back that is partially fueled by the wine's well integrated alcohol (recorded at 15%). The wine's texture is compact, and the flavor knitting is tight and carefully detailed. These qualities bode very well for the future evolution of this vintage that will undoubtedly soften and flesh out with more time in the bottle.

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This is a very good Pommard villages and worth checking out

This mid-weight Barolo packs plenty of punch and depth/ -- Antonio Galloni

It has a fairly mature nose of leather

fruity way

This has plenty of extract and should have no problem evolving well because the tannins are both round and reasonably ripe

Strikingly juicy and pure cabernet with excellent finishing lift and lingering mineral notes

Gaja’s wines are often immensely appealing when young – which is certainly the case with the 2007s – but then close down in bottle for a number of years

resonant finish laced with the essence of rose petals

Textbook Clos St

tasting back and forth” in excitement as the quality of this latest collection became evident

scarcely any lots undergo malolactic transformation