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1996 Barbaresco, Vursu, Vigneto Gallina, La Spinetta (Rivetti) (750ml)

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Vintage: 1996
Format: 750ml
Wine Name: Barbaresco
Vineyard: Vigneto Gallina
Designation: Vursu
Appellation: Barbaresco
Producer: La Spinetta (Rivetti)
Varietal: Nebbiolo
Type: Red
Country: Italy
Region: Piedmont
Sub-Region: Langhe

Tasting note: A beautiful wine, with raspberry and floral aromas. Full-bodied, with silky, caressing tannins and a long, long finish. Gorgeous now, but will improve with age.--1996 Piedmont retrospective. (92pts. JS, Wine Spectator)

Tasted: 2007
Score: 92
Drink: After 2007

Tasting note: The terrifically fruity, quite flattering 1996 Barbaresco Vigneto Gallina is full-bodied, with outstanding concentration, plenty of earthy, plum/cherry, smoky, spice scents, low acidity, and moderate tannin in the layered finish. It should drink well for a dozen or more years. (90pts. Robert Parker)

Tasted: Aug. 1999
Score: 90
Drink: 1999-2011

Tasting note: Very good deep red. More plum and redcurrant fruitiness to stand up to the oak aroma; slightly minty. Sweet, lush and lovely, with very good acidity and strong fruit. Possesses more density to support the ripe, nicely integrated tannins. Minty and quite long. For the cellar. (92+?pts. Stephen Tanzer)

Tasted: Dec. 1998
Score: 92+?
Drink: N/A