Giuseppe Rinaldi, Barolo Brunate Riserva, 1985
Pure Brunate from the Battista Rinaldi era (Beppe took over in 1992 after his father's death — the 1985 vintage was made by Battista), 40 years on. Giuseppe Rinaldi was — alongside Bartolo Mascarello — the uncompromising standard-bearer of traditional Barolo, and his Brunate Riserva was made only in the very greatest vintages and held back ten years before release. Crucially, this 1985 predates the 2010 MGA regulation that forced Rinaldi to stop blending Brunate with Le Coste under a single label: this bottle is pure Brunate from one of La Morra's most celebrated crus. The 1985 vintage was warm and generous, and four decades of cellar age have brought it fully to rest — undergrowth, dried cherry, dusty soil, sweet tobacco. A cult library bottle of the first order, and a benchmark for what classical Barolo can become.
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Pure Brunate from the Battista Rinaldi era (Beppe took over in 1992 after his father's death — the 1985 vintage was made by Battista), 40 years on. Giuseppe Rinaldi was — alongside Bartolo Mascarello — the uncompromising standard-bearer of traditional Barolo, and his Brunate Riserva was made only in the very greatest vintages and held back ten years before release. Crucially, this 1985 predates the 2010 MGA regulation that forced Rinaldi to stop blending Brunate with Le Coste under a single label: this bottle is pure Brunate from one of La Morra's most celebrated crus. The 1985 vintage was warm and generous, and four decades of cellar age have brought it fully to rest — undergrowth, dried cherry, dusty soil, sweet tobacco. A cult library bottle of the first order, and a benchmark for what classical Barolo can become.
