91
points
Podere Ruggeri Corsini 2005 Corsini Nebbiolo (Barolo)
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$49
Youthful and bright now, this elegant wine will surely benefit from five to ten more years of cellar aging. At this point, the wine is very focused on oak-driven aromas of spice, cedar, chocolate, old leather and toasted nut but the quality of the fruit comes through. Drink with succulent red meats.
— M.L.
(4/1/2009)
87
points
Podere Ruggeri Corsini 1999 Nebbiolo (Barolo)
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$45
Explosive aromatics are frankly a touch over the top, bursting with cherry, leather and touches of cedar, vanilla, coffee and maple syrup. It’s very rich, big and bulky on the palate; gangly in its youth, it may settle down with some time in the bottle, but for now it’s fruity and unformed. Try after 2009.
— W.E.
(4/2/2004)