Barolo Italian Piedmont Wines

Giacomo Fenocchio - Bussia 2014

Barolo This wine is elegant, fruity and racy. It reveals notes of black cherry, ripe red berries and small notes of flowers (rose, violet) associated with touches of plum as well as hints of liquorice, cardamom and a very discreet hint of toasted/tobacco. The palate is mineral, fruity, well-balanced and offers a good definition, finesse, tension, a small aerial side, a beautiful finesse of the grain as well as a beautiful delicacy. On the palate this wine expresses notes of wild berries, flowers ans small notes of plum associated with fine touches of liquorice, toasted, tobacco as well as fine hints of chocolate and a very discreet hint of clove. Tannins are elegant and structuring.

Score : 17.25/20 (94-95/100)

Podere Ruggeri Corsini - Bussia 2013

Barolo The nose is fruity, aromatic, elegant, racy and offers a fine concentration. It reveals notes of strawberry, wild blackberry and small notes of cherry associated with a touch of flowers, blue fruits as well as hints of nutmeg, toasted as well as a very discreet hint of tea and Cuben pepper. The palate is fresh, fruity, mineral, silky, slightly tight and offers a fine acidulous frame as well as a good minerality/freshness. On the palate this wine expresses notes of blackberry, ripe/fresh red berries and small notes of plum associated with touches of crunchy strawberry, flowers as well as discreet toasted hints, Cuben pepper, sweet spices and a very discreet hint of tea (in the background). Tannins are structuring and slightly firm. There are toasted hints, sweet spices, toasted hazelnut and pepper on the persistence.

Score : 16+/20 (92-93/100)

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Brezza - Cannubi 2014

Barolo The nose is fruity, elegant and offers fleshiness, a fine richness, subtlety as well as a beautiful fruit. It reveals notes of fleshy / juicy wild strawberries, fleshy / juicy blueberries and small notes of fleshy / juicy raspberries associated with fine hints of tobacco, licorice as well as a very discreet hint of blueberry. The palate is fresh, mineral, juicy, elegant, well-balanced, precise and offers straightness, subtlety as well as a beautiful definition. On the palate this wine expresses notes of juicy red cherry, juicy plum and small notes of blueberry associated with fine touches of fresh raspberry, fresh rose, chocolate, licorice and toasted almond. Tannins are elegant. Good length and persistence.

Score : 17+ /20 (94-95 /100) Fratelli Serio & Battista Borgogno - Cannubi 2015 Barolo The nose is elegant, aromatic, beautifully racy and offers power, a racy minerality, complexity as well as a small concentration. it reveals notes of ripe wild red fruits, rose, wild strawberry and small notes of wild blackberry associated with small touches of liquorice stick, violet as well as a very discreet hint of Cuben pepper. The palate is fruity, beautifully suave, racy and offers a beautiful tension, a beautiful finesse/precision, a good guideline, a beautiful juiciness as well as a good finesse of the grain. On the palate this wine expresses notes of acidulous red berries, crunchy/juicy bigarreau cherry and small notes of rose associated with small touches of blackberry, crunchy raspberry as well as discreet hints of toasted, mild tobacco and a very discreet hint of dry ground of local forest (place). Tannins are fine, elegant and precise. There is a hint of dried almond, chocolate as well as an imperceptible hint of toasted/vanilla on the aftertaste. There is a very discreet hint of chocolate on the persistence.

Score : 17/20 (94/100)

Fratelli Serio & Battista Borgogno - Cannubi 2013 Riserva

Barolo The nose is elegant, aromatic, racy and offers a very beautiful finesse, a beautiful maturity, a beautiful deppness, a poetic side as well as a beautiful complexity. It reveals notes of ripe wild strawberry, dried black cherry and small notes of very ripe wild red berries, ripe violet plum associated with touches of gray pepper, dried tobacco, hints of grove as well as a very discreet hint of toasted, violet, dry ground of local forest, liquorice stick and an imperceptible hint of mushroom. The palate this mineral, well-balanced and offers a beautiful definition, tension, a beautiful acidulous frame, straightness as well as a very beautiful finesse and guideline. On the palate thi wine expresses notes of ripe/juicy red berries, fleshy/juicy wild strawberry and small notes of plum associated with fine touches of blackberry, chocolate, toasted, fine hints of cornflower, laurel, dry ground of local forest (place) as well as discreet hints of liquorice toasted, chocolate and an imperceptible hint of underwood. Tannins are fine, elegant and structuring. There are a very discreet hint of salinity and a discreet hint of carmelization on the persistence.

Score : 18.25+/20 (97/100)

Tenuta Carretta - Cannubi 2012

Barolo The nose is racy and offers a small power as well as a good finesse of the grain. It reveals notes of flowers, bud and small notes of crunchy small wild berries associated with fine touches of strawberry, blackberry as well as fine hints of zan. The palate is fruity, well-balanced, racy and offers a good definition, a fine acidulous/ juicy frame, tension, a beautiful suavity as well as a good finesse of the grain. On the palate this wine expresses notes of crunchy/juicy red berries, crunchy/juicy raspberry and small notes of bud associated with fine touches of zan, liquorice stick and fine hints of vanilla. Tannins are structured and slightly dry. Good length.

Score : 15.25/20 (90/100)