1989 Guasti Clemente Barolo Riserva

$79.99

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This is an absolute treat. Drinking fully mature Barolo usually takes an incredible amount of patience (not to mention bank roll). Here we're lucky to see exactly what 20+ years in the bottle does to a well made nebbiolo. It's definitely a drink now type of wine, but it's still singing. The tannins have totally softened down to the finest possible point, the fruit is brambly and earthy, but still in the picture, soft and seemless acidity. Designed for lovers of well aged wine, but approachable even for the total novice. A totally fascinating drink for an incredible price!

Notes

You don't come across this kind of quantity for aged Barolo and never at this price point. When I was first approached about this wine I didn't have a lot of hope that it was really going to pan out, I just couldn't believe it. Guasti is a producer in Nizza Monferrato but they own vineyards in Barolo and Serralunga ,for some reason (I haven't been able to figure out exactly why) they decided to age this wine, only when the importer stumbled across it in the cellar asking what's this did he gasp, and buy! That's just what you should do, 1989 was a fabulous vintage in Barolo, full, ripe and complex and this wine is great, aged perfectly now but still has another 10-20 years on it. Risotto with Porcini, or Brasato al Barolo cook some of that up and buy some of this, a really wonderful wine to drink! (Greg St.Clair, K&L Italian Wine Buyer)

Details

Type	Red Wine
Varietal	Nebbiolo
Origin	Barolo, Piedmont, Italy
Bottle Size	750 mL
SKU	1144512