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Barolo Pio Cesare 1985

750 ml Nebbiolo Piedmont, Italy 1985

Barolo Pio Cesare 1985 is a dry, full-bodied red from Nebbiolo (Barolo, Italy), in the full, structured reds style. Tannins are very firm and acidity very high; oak influence is little. Those scales describe the wine when young; this is a 41-year-old bottle and its tannin and oak will have softened. Good with beef stew, mushroom risotto, steak, lamb.

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Hedonism Wines
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£137.00
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Taste profile
inferred · confidence 0.55
sweetness
1 / 5
dry
Nebbiolo prior
body
4 / 5
full
Nebbiolo prior · Barolo rule
tannin
5 / 5
very firm
Nebbiolo prior · Barolo rule
acidity
5 / 5
very high
Nebbiolo prior · Barolo rule
oak
2 / 5
little
Nebbiolo prior · Barolo rule
Estimates by WineGenie, not the merchant's or a critic's words. Built from the grape's typical profile, the appellation, terms in the name and the merchant's description. How this works.
Facts
Style
Full, structured reds
rules-v1
Colour
Red
inferred from Barolo
Origin
Barolo · Piedmont · Italy
inferred from Barolo
Grapes
Nebbiolo
lexicon
ABV
13.5%
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Farming
not stated
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Vegan
not stated
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Critic score
none
merchant feed
Drinking window
not stated
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Decant
not stated
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Food
beef stewmushroom risottosteaklambvenisoncheese boardbraised beef
inferred from grape and style
Occasions
dinner party · steak night · gift · special occasion
inferred
About Nebbiolo
Typical aromas: rose, tar, red cherry, cranberry, dried herbs. Serve at 16–18 °C. Grape page.
knowledge base
Typical for Nebbiolo · knowledge base
Sweetness
bone dryluscious
dry · 1/5
Body
lightfull
full · 4/5
Tannin
lowhigh
very firm · 5/5
Acidity
lowhigh
very high · 5/5
Oak
noneheavy
little · 2/5
Alcohol
lowhigh
moderate-high · 4/5
Typical for the variety; not a measurement of this bottle.
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Merchant's description

Pio Cesare Barolo 1985 is a mature-vintage Nebbiolo red wine from the Barbaresco appellation of Piedmont, northern Italy. Pio Cesare was founded in 1881 by Cesare Pio and is one of the oldest wine estates in the region. The company continues to be owned and run by Cesare Pio`s descendants, five generations on. 1985 is a great vintage for Barolo. The Pio Cesare 1985 comes from a superb Piedmont vintage and is a wine full of seductive Nebbiolo perfume and nicely resolved tannins.

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