When initially poured, the wine looked very light, Burgundy like. This was a tasting glass before the wine was decanted. Once decanted and into regular glasses, the 1971 showed dark, very dark purple with no light escaping the pitch black center. The nose is extremely powerful, with deep concentrated notes of black fruit and crushed cherry, truffle, new leather and forest floor. I can not begin to explain the power the 71 still caries at 40+ years of age. Nothing short of breathtaking. Followers that have this wine in their possession, give another 10 years of cellaring as the tannin has not fully shed from this monster Barolo. Sounds unbelievable but certainly true, the wine has years left until maturity is reached. This Conterno will reach perfection in the future.
100 Points
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