Absolutely spectacular. Essence of Barolo. Cherry and then more cherry. Can’t get enough! — 3 years ago
Lemon meringue and chalk. Complete and satisfying, balancing freshness and savor. Riesling-like energy. Always one of the most sophisticated Chardonnays from anywhere in Italy. #grasso #piemonte #chardonnay #langhe — 6 years ago
Our table burned through it fast. Solid.
89+ points — 7 years ago
Day 1: Captivating nose, wet earth, savory cooking spices, a spice bazaar. Crazy nose. Chestnut as well. Library. So old school smelling but still clean. Very fresh. Elegant and lifting aromas. After a bit red florals start to develop. Initially palate is tannic and elegant. Very spicey, very fine pearly tannins. Big, but well structured and so elegant and fine. I am amazed how elegant and big this wine is. The fruit starts to come out and is detailed and impressive. Amazing fruit after a while. All deep morello cherries. Really impressive stuff. Such power and finesse.
Day 2: Nose is insane today. A spice bazaar, cherry, black cherry fruits, mint with the fruit much more prominent in the nose today. Big, dense and intense but with great purity and freshness but clearly could use 4-8 years in the cellar to mellow out. Silky fruit of wonderful vividness. Long lingering and nicely mineral finish with shades of different cherries.
— 8 years ago
Like! Pleasure. — 8 years ago
Great at first, extremely complex. Flavors of barbecue sauce, cedar, leather, wood, tobacco and mint. After about an hour the mint flavor became extremely bitter making the wine less enjoyable. — 9 years ago
Could not stop drinking this. — 11 years ago
Ripe red cherries. Earth. Black pepper. Tasty. — 9 months ago
Opened up after 15 mins to provide good balance with a bit of minerality and earthiness. Good value at approx $20 — 7 years ago
Totally fine but not exciting. Nose after opening quite nice.
— 7 years ago
Luxurious, decadent, full of youthful fruit but ready to drink now. Those 2009 Barolos are very underrated — 7 years ago
Very tannic. Cherry, licorice, medium body, very good with a skirt steak. Not amazing but also def well made. Not certain if I would buy again but above average. — 8 years ago
Was a lovey complement to a key lime dessert. — 9 years ago
Wine bistro — 10 years ago
A lot of cherry, really opened up over time. Line it though! — 9 months ago
Waited 2 hours and tasted.tight. 2 more hours opened up but still quite tannic but delicious cherry tobacco. Some tar. Nice. Somewhat complex but felt needed more time but delicious as is. — 4 years ago
Decanted for 1.5 hours first - a little rough at first but opened up - tart cherries, ripe fruit, very round and smooth but tannins have a strong grip. Great with steak! — 5 years ago
2007 vintage — 8 years ago
Awesome Refreshing. Hints of Apricot. — 8 years ago
great, tipical barbera! — 9 years ago
Wrong wine identified? — 10 years ago
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Dessert wine at Thai restaurant in Helsinki 2023 — 9 months ago