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2004 Giacomo Conterno, Barolo, Monfortino Riserva
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Start Your Wine Collection with 2004 Giacomo Conterno, Barolo, Monfortino Riserva
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11.6% of All Producers of Fine Wine
Limited ProductionLess than 500 cases made per year. Good luck finding this at your local wine store.
7.5% of All Fine Wine
Top VintageBehold! One of the finest vintages of this wine ever made.
61.1% of Vinovest Wines
Flagship WineWhat makes this estate famous? This wine is a big reason.
2.0% of All Fine Wine
100-Point WineHello, perfection. This wine earned a 100-point rating from critics.
6.9% of All Fine WineWhy We're Buying
Like the famous wines it produces, the Giacomo Conterno brand is long-lived: the Conterno family has a legacy in Piedmont that goes back to the early 1900s. Now managed by the fourth generation, Giacomo Conterno is known for constantly producing some of the highest quality and most age-worthy Barolos in Italy. Their first Riserva was released during the first World War and continues to be a highly sought-after wine. Barolo’s 2004 vintage is known for producing wines with ripe red fruit character and exceptional balance – a delayed harvest allowed for a longer ripening season. The 2004 Giacomo Conterno Barolo Monfortino Riserva is no exception. Notes of blood orange, roses, tar, smoke, and strawberry can all be found, while firm but approachable tannins compliment a strong acid core. Vinous’s Antonio Galloni scored the wine 100 points, writing, “When it comes to pure finesse, the 2004 plays in a league of its own...I imagine the 2004 Monfortino will give readers an utterly spellbinding drinking experience for the next few decades.” The finish lingers for what seems like hours on the palate and leaves you wanting more. The Final Sip: Only around 600 cases of Monfortino Riserva are produced, and then, only in the best vintages. Get your hands on a few bottles if you can – while already ethereal now, these wines have decades to go in bottle.
Critics Scores
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2004 Barolo Riserva Monfortino is drop-dead gorgeous. I have tasted the wine multiple times from barrel and three times from bottle and never been anything less than blown away. The 2004 is a subtle, layered Monfortino that captures the sheer elegance and finesse of this great vintage. It is sweet, perfumed, silky and utterly mind-blowing. From barrel it has always been a 100 point wine, but it has just been bottled and naturally a bit closed in on itself. Still, with some time in the glass its silky, perfumed fruit and dazzling class come to life. The 2004 is remarkably harmonious for such a young wine. Readers will have much fun debating which is the greatest Monfortino of recent years. Could it be the 1996, 1999 or 2002 for their huge structure and classicism? Or, is it the 1997 for its opulence? What if the dark horse 1998 and 2000 steal the show? Personally, I adore the 2001 and 2004 for their completeness, but the 2004 is the sexiest of them all. Sadly, 2004 is also the year Giovanni Conterno passed away, but one can’t escape the feeling his spirit lives in this wine. Kudos to Roberto Conterno and his team for this magnificent, thrilling Barolo. Anticipated maturity: 2019-2044.