?Pretty aromas of wet earth and spices with black pepper and licorice. Medium body with full and defined tannins. Dense and powerful. Need three or four years to soften but will come along beautifully.? - J.S."
The Elio Grasso 2016 Barolo Gavarini Chiniera is immediately expressive and bright. The wine is savory and rich with a generous bouquet of dried berries, spice, crushed flowers and even a hint of market-fresh blueberry that we don't see in the other wines...
Bright medium red, a bit less saturated than the Albarella. Fine, perfumed nose combines raspberry, minerals, flowers, clove, nutmeg and a note of leather. Juicy and supple but higher-pitched and less broad than the Albarella in its youth. The wine's fles...
A step up in density, breadth and sweetness from this producer's other 2005 Barolos; in fact, this is quite suave and full. Best today on the horizontal, ripely tannic finish, which offers intriguing balsamic and mineral traces. Like his other crus, this ...
The 2017 Barolo Bussia is complex and ethereal in the glass. A whole range of floral and spiced notes give the Bussia its striking aromatic presence. Silky and harmonious, the Bussia is already very easy to enjoy. Even so, my impression is that the 2017 i...
The Poderi Luigi Einaudi 2020 Barolo Ludo shows classic Nebbiolo aromas of roses and tar that are fleshed out in this case by redcurrant and cranberry. The fruit is bright and lively, not overripe, as we see in many other wines from this vintage, with a t...
Attractive aromas of violets, raspberries and strawberries. It’s bright and fruity, with a medium body, powdery tannins and lively acidity. Deliciously pure and transparent dolcetto. Drink now.
A ripe, layered Barolo with lots of dried strawberry, blueberry and floral aromas and flavors. It is rather more flamboyant red for this producer. Drinkable now, but better after 2023.
The 2016 Barolo Bussia is laced with a whole range of sweet floral and balsamic overtones, along with striking underpinnings of structure and tannin that give the wine its shape. A wine of energy, tension and nuance, the Bussia is just superb in 2016. Tim...