{"id":6600932786219,"title":"Clerico Barolo Percristina 2011","handle":"clerico-barolo-percristina-2011","description":"\u003ch5\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDescription\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eName: \u003c\/b\u003eDomenico Clerico Barolo Percristina\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCountry: \u003c\/b\u003eItaly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRegion: \u003c\/b\u003ePiedmont\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSub-Region: \u003c\/b\u003eBarolo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eProducer: \u003c\/b\u003eDomenico Clerico\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize: \u003c\/b\u003e750ml\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVintage: \u003c\/b\u003e2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eVarietal: \u003c\/b\u003eNebbiolo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWine Advocate Review: 95 Points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A very special, late release of just 2,300 bottles, the Domenico Clerico 2011 Barolo Percristina is stunning. If you can get your hands on a bottle, you will be rewarded with impressive finesse and the kind of tiny detailing that can only come to Nebbiolo after a decade of oak and bottle aging. Old vines in the Mosconi cru supply the fruit for this wine, with notes of dried cherry, crushed flowers, spice, tar and licorice. This was a hot and not always easy vintage, but the Clerico crew has pulled out the very best of that vintage with robust, concentrated fruit and all its inner elegance intact.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Monica Larner\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames Suckling Review: 97 Points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Intense aromas of licorice, plums and dried fruit follow through to a full body with rich, round tannins that are very chewy, yet polished, and give this wine strength and form. Very long and rich. Tar at the end. Beautiful now but could use a couple of years of bottle age still.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVinous Review: 93 Points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The 2011 Barolo Percristina is an attractive wine that has aged quite well over the last decade, which is a major step forward. Succulent dark cherry, plum, new leather, licorice, menthol, espresso, spice and blood orange flesh out in a supple, juicy Barolo from Clerico. In 2011, Percristina is quite a bit more laid back and less concentrated than in previous years. It is also impeccably balanced and a pure joy to taste today. 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If you can get your hands on a bottle, you will be rewarded with impressive finesse and the kind of tiny detailing that can only come to Nebbiolo after a decade of oak and bottle aging. Old vines in the Mosconi cru supply the fruit for this wine, with notes of dried cherry, crushed flowers, spice, tar and licorice. This was a hot and not always easy vintage, but the Clerico crew has pulled out the very best of that vintage with robust, concentrated fruit and all its inner elegance intact.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Monica Larner\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJames Suckling Review: 97 Points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Intense aromas of licorice, plums and dried fruit follow through to a full body with rich, round tannins that are very chewy, yet polished, and give this wine strength and form. Very long and rich. Tar at the end. Beautiful now but could use a couple of years of bottle age still.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVinous Review: 93 Points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The 2011 Barolo Percristina is an attractive wine that has aged quite well over the last decade, which is a major step forward. Succulent dark cherry, plum, new leather, licorice, menthol, espresso, spice and blood orange flesh out in a supple, juicy Barolo from Clerico. In 2011, Percristina is quite a bit more laid back and less concentrated than in previous years. It is also impeccably balanced and a pure joy to taste today. Drink it over the next handful of years.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Antonio Galloni\u003c\/p\u003e"}
Wine Advocate Review: 95 Points "A very special, late release of just 2,300 bottles, the Domenico Clerico 2011 Barolo Percristina is stunning. If you can get your hands on a bottle, you will be rewarded with impressive finesse and the kind of tiny detailing that can only come to Nebbiolo after a decade of oak and bottle aging. Old vines in the Mosconi cru supply the fruit for this wine, with notes of dried cherry, crushed flowers, spice, tar and licorice. This was a hot and not always easy vintage, but the Clerico crew has pulled out the very best of that vintage with robust, concentrated fruit and all its inner elegance intact." - Monica Larner
James Suckling Review: 97 Points "Intense aromas of licorice, plums and dried fruit follow through to a full body with rich, round tannins that are very chewy, yet polished, and give this wine strength and form. Very long and rich. Tar at the end. Beautiful now but could use a couple of years of bottle age still."
Vinous Review: 93 Points "The 2011 Barolo Percristina is an attractive wine that has aged quite well over the last decade, which is a major step forward. Succulent dark cherry, plum, new leather, licorice, menthol, espresso, spice and blood orange flesh out in a supple, juicy Barolo from Clerico. In 2011, Percristina is quite a bit more laid back and less concentrated than in previous years. It is also impeccably balanced and a pure joy to taste today. Drink it over the next handful of years." - Antonio Galloni
