Giacomo Grimaldi Barolo Le Coste 2004

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Wine Spectator 94 points
Wine Advocate 93 points

SKU: 15686
Size: 750ml


List Price: $67.99

Sale Price: $54.99

Review:

Lovely nose of rose and blackberry, with hints of coffee. Full-bodied with soft velvety tannins and a friendly, enticing finish. Balanced and attractive. - Spectator

The estate-s 2004 Barolo Le Coste is the most ample and full-bodied of these Barolos. It exhibits a gorgeous expression of blueberries, spices, menthol and sweet toasted oak on a structured, layered frame. Today it comes across as fairly austere, but it should develop nicely with another year or two of bottle age. Anticipated maturity: 2009-2019. - Wine Advocate

Le Coste is a relatively new cru from Grimaldi, and a very precious one at that. It's the smallest in the township which makes the wine even more unique, but also even less bountiful--only, at best, around 4500 bottles produced each year. The color is remarkable: a deep, blood-ruby with no hint of garnet hues that are often present even in young Barolo. The bouquet is only periphally floral, the fruit dominated by a density that is somehow perceived before the wine is tasted. The concentration betrays its sweetness and soft, fragrant wealth. The mouth feel is immediately captivating: the texture is full and deep, the richness monopolizing the palate at first, and then releasing it to the sensations of complexity hidden beneath its youth.