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Back Vintage Barolo at a GREAT PRICE
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BAROLO VIGNA 'La Rosa' 2005
Piedmont, Italy
PRICE: $79.00/bottle
FORMAT: 6x750mL
AVAILABILITY: SPEC,
LIMITED QUANTITIES AVAILABLE
91 POINTS Wine Advocate
"The 2005 Barolo La Rosa is a graceful, floral wine laced with perfumed red fruit, roses, sweet spices and minerals. The La Rosa possesses gorgeous textural richness in a soft, approachable style, with a long, refined finish that rounds things out. Today the wine comes across as quite primary, but with some additional time in bottle it should develop additional tertiary nuance. The tannins gain on the finish in this deceptively medium- bodied Barolo. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2022." October 2009
91 POINTS Wine Spectator
"Sweet strawberry and cherry aromas. Full-bodied, with chewy tannins and a long, flavorful finish. Focused, with clean, rich fruit, offering lots of dark berry notes. Shows plenty of polish. Best after 2011." December 2009
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FONTANAFREDDA Fontanafredda is located in the heart of Langhe, an area blessed for centuries with a vocation for the production of great wines, particularly rich, powerful reds. The Fontanafredda estate is located on the former hunting preserve of the first king of Italy Vittorio Emanuele II and his mistress Rosa Vercellana. Their firstborn son Count Emanuele Alberto di Mirafiore and Fontanafredda, for his great passion for winemaking and agriculture matured the decision to turn the land into vineyards, thus founding the "Mirafiori Vini Italiani" in 1878. The fame and the notoriety of the winery grew rapidly and the Count Emanuele was recognized as one of the important promoters of Barolo in the world. His approach proved to be thoroughly modern, leading to the immediate implementation of innovative criteria, focused on producing wines of quality, in particular Barolo. 
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