2004 Giuseppe Rinaldi, Barolo, Brunate Le Coste, Bottle (750ml)

Antonio Galloni | 97 Points

"There aren’t too many surprises here; the 2004 is every bit as refined as it has always been. Beautifully layered and nuanced, with tons of energy and vibrancy, the Brunate-Le Coste shows just how striking the best wines are in 2004. The detail and depth here are unreal."

The 2004 vintage in Barolo is widely regarded as one of the greats — long, steady growing conditions led to wines with clarity, structure, and age-worthy depth. And in this vintage, Giuseppe Rinaldi crafted one of the definitive expressions of the era.

Rinaldi is a reference-point traditionalist — long macerations, aging in large Slavonian oak, no new oak, no modern polish. Just vineyard, patience, and truth. His wines value soul over sheen, always.

This bottling blends two of Barolo’s grandest crus:
Brunate → depth, dark fruit, and power
Le Coste → perfume, lift, and finesse

The result is a wine that is serious but not heavy, structured but never austere — Barolo that feels both profound and alive.

Now with two decades of bottle age, it’s entering a beautiful drinking window: rose petal, dried cherry, porcini, cedar, autumn leaves, truffle — the whole Barolo recipe!