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Revello Barolo Giachini 1998 750ml

size
750ml
country
Italy
region
Piedmont
appellation
Barolo
WS
95
WA
91
VM
91
Additional vintages
WS
95
Rated 95 by Wine Spectator
Beautiful, clean and ripe plum aromas, with strawberry. Full-bodied, with velvety tannins and a long, rich finish. Layered and dense, yet fresh. Impressive structure. I always loved this wine.--1998 Piedmont blind retrospective (2008). Best after 2012. 370 cases made, 140 cases imported. ... More details
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Revello Barolo Giachini 1998 750ml

SKU 954718
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Professional Ratings
WS
95
WA
91
VM
91
WS
95
Rated 95 by Wine Spectator
Beautiful, clean and ripe plum aromas, with strawberry. Full-bodied, with velvety tannins and a long, rich finish. Layered and dense, yet fresh. Impressive structure. I always loved this wine.--1998 Piedmont blind retrospective (2008). Best after 2012. 370 cases made, 140 cases imported.
WA
91
Rated 91 by Wine Advocate
90-91 The 1998 Barolo Vigna Giachini exhibits a dark ruby/garnet color as well as an intensely fragrant perfume of rose petals, herbs, new oak, plums, and black cherries. It reveals a classic structure, moderate tannin, good firmness and purity, and a long, well-delineated, medium to full-bodied finish. Anticipated maturity: 2003-2015.
VM
91
Rated 91 by Vinous Media
Medium brick-red. Expressive nose melds plum, underbrush, chestnut, dried herbs, spices and truffle, along with an exotic suggestion of apricot. Sweet and minerally in the mouth, with nicely integrated acids giving the wine good delineation. Very nebbiolo. A bit austere on the firmly tannic finish, but long and aromatic, with notes of herbs, spices and seared meat.
Winery
• 100% Nebbiolo. • From 1ha planted in 1988. • Calcareous-clay soil. • 50% slope gradient in the southeast-facing vineyard. • Fermentation by indigenous yeasts, maceration on skins for 7-8 days. • Malolactic fermentation in French oak barriques. • Matures in French oak barriques (20-30% new) for 24 months, followed by 12 months between steel tank and bottle.
Product Details
size
750ml
country
Italy
region
Piedmont
appellation
Barolo
Additional vintages
Overview
Beautiful, clean and ripe plum aromas, with strawberry. Full-bodied, with velvety tannins and a long, rich finish. Layered and dense, yet fresh. Impressive structure. I always loved this wine.--1998 Piedmont blind retrospective (2008). Best after 2012. 370 cases made, 140 cases imported.
green grapes

Varietal: Nebbiolo

Nebbiolo grapes have been grown for centuries in the hilly region of northern Italy, and have more recently started to appear in many New World countries, too, where modern vintners have expressed great enthusiasm for their fine characteristics. Their fame and popularity is widely known, and the Nebbiolo varietal is recognized as the grape responsible for producing the legendary fine wines of Italy. Indeed, this grape is packed full of intense and interesting flavors, ranging from truffle and prune, to tobacco and violets, making the wines they produce a sensory delight which simply get better the longer they are aged. The grapes also lend a beautifully pale red color to their wines, which helped secure their place as some of the finest and most elegant to be found anywhere on earth.
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Region: Piedmont

n Italy, the region most closely associated with excellent quality red wines and characterful sparkling wines is Piedmont. This alpine region is located in the north-west of the country, and features beautiful foothills of the impressive mountain range which forms the nearby border between Italy, France and Switzerland. Wineries in Piedmont work with the Nebbiolo, Dolcetto and Barbera grapes which thrive in the warm, dry summers and cooler autumns, as well as the beautifully expressive Moscato grapes which are used for the sparkling Asti wines the region is famed for. For generations, these wineries have perfected the art of aging their red wines, and blending grape varietals to get the most out of each one, leading to a region known all over the world for the exceptional quality of its produce.
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Country: Italy

Italy is recognised as being one of the finest wine producing countries in the world, and it isn't difficult to see why. With a vast amount of land across the country used primarily for vineyard cultivation and wine production, each region of Italy manages to produce a wide range of excellent quality wines, each representative of the region it is produced in. Any lover of Italian wines will be able to tell you of the variety the country produces, from the deliciously astringent and alpine-fresh wines of the northern borders, to the deliciously jammy and fruit-forward wines of the south and the Italian islands. Regions such as Barolo are frequently compared with Bordeaux and Burgundy in France, as their oak aged red wines have all the complexity and earthy, spicy excellence of some of the finest wines in the world, and the sparkling wines of Asti and elsewhere in Italy can easily challenge and often exceed the high standards put forward by Champagne. Thanks to excellent terrain and climatic conditions, Italy has long since proven itself a major player in the world of wines, and long may this dedication to quality and excellence continue.
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green grapes

Varietal: Nebbiolo

Nebbiolo grapes have been grown for centuries in the hilly region of northern Italy, and have more recently started to appear in many New World countries, too, where modern vintners have expressed great enthusiasm for their fine characteristics. Their fame and popularity is widely known, and the Nebbiolo varietal is recognized as the grape responsible for producing the legendary fine wines of Italy. Indeed, this grape is packed full of intense and interesting flavors, ranging from truffle and prune, to tobacco and violets, making the wines they produce a sensory delight which simply get better the longer they are aged. The grapes also lend a beautifully pale red color to their wines, which helped secure their place as some of the finest and most elegant to be found anywhere on earth.
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Region: Piedmont

n Italy, the region most closely associated with excellent quality red wines and characterful sparkling wines is Piedmont. This alpine region is located in the north-west of the country, and features beautiful foothills of the impressive mountain range which forms the nearby border between Italy, France and Switzerland. Wineries in Piedmont work with the Nebbiolo, Dolcetto and Barbera grapes which thrive in the warm, dry summers and cooler autumns, as well as the beautifully expressive Moscato grapes which are used for the sparkling Asti wines the region is famed for. For generations, these wineries have perfected the art of aging their red wines, and blending grape varietals to get the most out of each one, leading to a region known all over the world for the exceptional quality of its produce.
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Country: Italy

Italy is recognised as being one of the finest wine producing countries in the world, and it isn't difficult to see why. With a vast amount of land across the country used primarily for vineyard cultivation and wine production, each region of Italy manages to produce a wide range of excellent quality wines, each representative of the region it is produced in. Any lover of Italian wines will be able to tell you of the variety the country produces, from the deliciously astringent and alpine-fresh wines of the northern borders, to the deliciously jammy and fruit-forward wines of the south and the Italian islands. Regions such as Barolo are frequently compared with Bordeaux and Burgundy in France, as their oak aged red wines have all the complexity and earthy, spicy excellence of some of the finest wines in the world, and the sparkling wines of Asti and elsewhere in Italy can easily challenge and often exceed the high standards put forward by Champagne. Thanks to excellent terrain and climatic conditions, Italy has long since proven itself a major player in the world of wines, and long may this dedication to quality and excellence continue.