Those are three different wines.
One oaky, ashy, vanilla laden travesty that goes by the name of 2000 Mauro Molino Barolo.
One exracted, dull, oaky mess of mediocrity that goes by the name of 2001 Podere Ruggeri Corsini Barolo.
The Molino is potentially a good wine under WAY too much sweet ashy oak and is a full cahmber pot, stylisticly.
The Corsini is just an overflowing chamber pot without regard to style.
The third contender, from a different dimension, is 2005 Burlotto Barolo 'Monvigliero.' Served blind to me I thought Cesanese at first because of some weird mental imprint that got triggered. Once I came around to Barolo I nailed it as Monvigliero. New vintage to me, here's what I wrote...
Holy shit. Intensely aromatic, cinnamon and flowers and spices and orange peel, cocoa and air freshener craziness. Incredibly silky palate. A bit out of norm for Barolo due to the whole cluster, but it is still clearly Barolo beneath the batshit loonball awesomeness of a whole cluster Nebbiolo nose. Perhaps not quite the concentration of the 04 but I'm not going to split hairs, this is intense, haunting and awesome. Like the 04, the stem inclusion has softened the acidity and tannin and it is surprisingly approachable and incredibly drinkable despite the youth, though I have no doubts of it's ageworthiness. Every time I drink Burlotto Monvigliero I absolutely love it and I become increasingly convinced it is a unique wine, world-round.
It seems that a lot of people who try this wine aren't as impressed as I am, but this is utterly in my wheelhouse - a wine that just makes me happy.
One oaky, ashy, vanilla laden travesty that goes by the name of 2000 Mauro Molino Barolo.
One exracted, dull, oaky mess of mediocrity that goes by the name of 2001 Podere Ruggeri Corsini Barolo.
The Molino is potentially a good wine under WAY too much sweet ashy oak and is a full cahmber pot, stylisticly.
The Corsini is just an overflowing chamber pot without regard to style.
The third contender, from a different dimension, is 2005 Burlotto Barolo 'Monvigliero.' Served blind to me I thought Cesanese at first because of some weird mental imprint that got triggered. Once I came around to Barolo I nailed it as Monvigliero. New vintage to me, here's what I wrote...
Holy shit. Intensely aromatic, cinnamon and flowers and spices and orange peel, cocoa and air freshener craziness. Incredibly silky palate. A bit out of norm for Barolo due to the whole cluster, but it is still clearly Barolo beneath the batshit loonball awesomeness of a whole cluster Nebbiolo nose. Perhaps not quite the concentration of the 04 but I'm not going to split hairs, this is intense, haunting and awesome. Like the 04, the stem inclusion has softened the acidity and tannin and it is surprisingly approachable and incredibly drinkable despite the youth, though I have no doubts of it's ageworthiness. Every time I drink Burlotto Monvigliero I absolutely love it and I become increasingly convinced it is a unique wine, world-round.
It seems that a lot of people who try this wine aren't as impressed as I am, but this is utterly in my wheelhouse - a wine that just makes me happy.