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Levi Dalton

Levi Dalton
Oddero "Gallina" Barbaresco has been really excellent for 3 vintages in a row now ('04, '05, '06). Each release has been expressive of the site, the stylistic tendencies of the house, and the vintage involved. It would be hard to pick a favorite amongst them.

I think Oddero has entered into a new phase of quality. I am really happy to watch it happen as it unfolds. I feel like people will look back in 20 years on something like the '04 Oddero Brunate Barolo and say "here is where Oddero started to again be regularly associated with the kind of level they had reached back in the 1950s and 60s."
 
He Who Is Missed On The Wine Boards As Much As Anyone Else would suggest that 2004 and 2005 Barbaresco clearly display the turnover in wooden barrels, which had taken place at the winery. I don't believe Brunate was affected by this much.
 
i had the good fortune of tasting '64 barbaresco and barolo the other night. the barbaresco was stunning. the barolo very good.

if oddero is making wines now that can deliver what the '64's delivered i would be a buyer.
 
originally posted by Bill Lundstrom:
i had the good fortune of tasting '64 barbaresco and barolo the other night. the barbaresco was stunning. the barolo very good.

if oddero is making wines now that can deliver what the '64's delivered i would be a buyer.
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Ah, you were there. I was just going to say, I just saw a blog post (from David McDuff) about the '64s that sounded amazing. Seems you keep good friends.
 
originally posted by .sasha:
He Who Is Missed On The Wine Boards As Much As Anyone Else would suggest that 2004 and 2005 Barbaresco clearly display the turnover in wooden barrels, which had taken place at the winery. I don't believe Brunate was affected by this much.
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I have had that experience with the regular '04 Barolo, but I haven't had the Barbaresco.
 
originally posted by lars makie:
originally posted by Bill Lundstrom:
i had the good fortune of tasting '64 barbaresco and barolo the other night. the barbaresco was stunning. the barolo very good.

if oddero is making wines now that can deliver what the '64's delivered i would be a buyer.
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Ah, you were there. I was just going to say, I just saw a blog post (from David McDuff) about the '64s that sounded amazing. Seems you keep good friends.
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yes, i am a lucky soul.
 
originally posted by .sasha:
. . . 2004 and 2005 Barbaresco clearly display the turnover in wooden barrels, which had taken place at the winery.
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Can you elaborate on this? I'm not sure whether you mean that older barrels are discarded for new barrels, or that used barrels are being recycled, or something else?

I visited Oddero in 2006, and they were using barrique for their Barbera.
 
They are reputed to have replaced a lot of cooperage in 2004. A lot of the new stuff was used on the regular Barolo. I don't think it's a style they seek, it was part of a cellar renovation.
 
What SFJoe said.

I was really keen on providing comment on this topic given that I have never visited Oddero or actually tasted 2004/05 Barolo or Barbaresco from them. If I had, it would undermine my position as the next in line for a great job at a "popular magazine with a dynamic publisher".
 
originally posted by SFJoe:
They are reputed to have replaced a lot of cooperage in 2004. A lot of the new stuff was used on the regular Barolo. I don't think it's a style they seek, it was part of a cellar renovation.
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Deja vu. There was a long thread about oak in the 2004 Oddero Barolo in March 2009.
 
I was really keen on providing comment on this topic given that I have never visited Oddero or actually tasted 2004/05 Barolo or Barbaresco from them.
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It does make you particularly qualified by the standards of the internet. Almost compelled to opine, actually.

Hey, maybe you could tell us how Bartolo Mascarello's death reminded you of Angelo Gaja!
 
originally posted by .sasha:
He Who Is Missed On The Wine Boards As Much As Anyone Else would suggest that 2004 and 2005 Barbaresco clearly display the turnover in wooden barrels, which had taken place at the winery. I don't believe Brunate was affected by this much.
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I think "HWIMOTWBAMAAE" would say that quality in the late '90s was already turning or was, at times, quite high. It wasn't something I always got when tasting the wines and visiting the winery, upon HWIMOTWBAMAAE's suggestion, 7-8 years ago, but I bought quite a few and have them resting in the cave for a later date.
 
96, 99, and 01 are the best years in the area since 89. Everybody made nice wines in those years. Some people made their best wines ever, the best wines of their lives, in those years. Oddero didn't reach that kind of level in those vintages. The benefit of Oddero from those years over an Oddero 04, which is a breakout, extraordinary year for the house, would be the additional maturity, and better pricing in certain instances. The 2004s are nowhere near mature, and the newish importer is not pricing them as bargains. I personally sell and like Oddero from 99 and 01, and I used to sell 96 Oddero bottlings as well, but the last time I checked the normale 96 was overmature. It could be better.
 
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