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2000 Aldo Conterno Barolo Cicala

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Year: 2000 Appellation: Piedmont Country: Italy Wine Spectator: 96 Wine Advocate: 91 International Wine Cellar: 93	$95.00
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Wine Spectator: This is a big, powerful red with loads of floral, berry, plum and truffle aromas and flavors. Full-bodied, yet refined. It builds on the palate with lots of racy tannins and an ultralong finish. A long-ager. Nearly matches the amazing 1996 in quality. The best from Conterno this year. Best after 2010. 800 cases made. (JS)

Wine Advocate: The 2000 Barolo Cicala, as always my favorite from this house, is significantly longer and more intense and with greater bite and grip on the finish, and its nose, with aromas of rose petals and anisette, is more focused and expressive of true Nebbiolo character.

International Wine Cellar: Fresh medium red color. Cool, chalky aromas of red cherry, licorice, minerals and chocolate. Dense, chewy and sappy, with superb inner-mouth energy and floral character. Conveys a strong impression of soil tones. The longest of these 2000s, finishing impressively chewy, firmly tannic and palate-staining. Transcends the vintage. These vines were picked earlier than those used to make the basic Bussia Soprana wine. Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar, Nov/Dev 04