Poderi Aldo Conterno Barolo Colonnello 1993 Barolo Piedmont 750ml/Btl 6/case

Description

Robert Parker: Surprisingly uninspiring efforts from one of my
favorite Piedmontese winemakers, Aldo Conterno, the three 1993
Barolos (Bussia Soprano, Bricco Bussia Vigna Cicala, and Bricco
Bussia Vigna Colonnello) display very evolved garnet colors with
plenty of orange and amber at the edges. The wines exhibit hard,
dry tannin, as well as a lack of sweet fruit, suggesting to me that
they need to be drunk up. Moreover, the wines quickly faded after
only 4-5 hours of aeration. The wines do offer some of Nebbiolo's
dried cherry, faded rose petal, smoky, asphalt-like aromas, but
they lack the flavor dimension, rich extract, and density found in
the finest examples of this good vintage.
The 1993 Bricco Bussia Vigna Cicala and the 1993 Bricco Bussia
Vigna Colonnello possess sweeter fruit than the Bussia Soprano, and
more tobacco, cedar, fruitcake, and jammy cherries in their modest
aromatic profile. They are medium-bodied, correctly made, but
unexciting Barolos from one of the reference point producers of
Piedmont. I would opt for drinking them over the next 2-5 years.

Wine Specs

• Vintage: 1993
• Producer: Poderi Aldo Conterno Barolo Colonnello
• Region: Piedmont, Italy
• Volume: 750ml
• Case Size: 6/case

Supplier: WineCave (Dropship)