First time with Freisa. At 14.5 ABV it was a bit darker and heavier than I was expecting, based on what I've read about this grape. It was still a really good bottle, though, with flavors of red and black fruit, and some clove too. Would like to try this grape again from a different producer. 100% Freisa. 6/5/23. — 3 years ago
Great dark cherry fruit with exposed tannins. Not much earth and tar. Great Barolo to pair with many Italian foods. — 5 years ago
Crisp white with a creaminess to the citrus flavors. Excellent — 7 years ago
Crazy nose on a cool a f rose. I detest rose and love this wine. Was $18 i think. Nose of dried leaves, some faint roses, citrus skin, really nice and precise. Palate is precise and vivid with lovely first of season cherry and come citrusy elements. High acid and nice structure. Needs 30 minutes of air. Nice density, structure and concentration. — 8 years ago

Leather and elegant. — 8 years ago
Stainless steel version
Pure varietal
When you pour it the colour is bright, luminous
I reckon nebbiolo has the most sensual appearance ever..you can tell i am getting excited
Fruit here is sourced from Roero so the expression is slightly darker on the nose.
Tannin is smooth
Excellent stuff, truly elegant — 6 months ago
The nose is textbook nebbiolo with cherry, sour cherry, tar, almond, hay, tobacco leaves, black tea and roasted pork shoulder juice 😀. The palate is rather big and bold with a strong acid drive, a dry palate through and through, some impressive width, cherry, tea and that savoury note reminiscent of the pork shoulder juice note I found on the nose. The mouthfeel is first soft and nice, with almost a sweeter touch, before a great tannic walls comes and disrupts the entire feel and triggers a rather long finish with tea, cherry, tobacco touches and again that savoury pork note. It's a lovely, not so complex nebbiolo but really well made and offering pleasure by itself or alongside dinner (we had it along chicken gizzard stew and it worked super well). — 8 months ago
My first time trying one of the wines from Cantina del Pino, an estate with greater ties to Barbaresco’s roots than most. The Vacca family were long a part of the Produttori but in 1997 branched out (yes, a pun: it was they who in the 1920s planted the now iconic pine tree on the highest point of the Ovello lieu-dit), and now produce two single vineyard Barbaresco bottlings (this, and an Albesani), as well as a generic Barbaresco and Langhe, Barbera and Dolcetto wines.
Tragically, winemaker Renato Vacca died in March last year after a yearlong battle with cancer. The 2016 vintage, just bottled, is supposed to be superb.
For now, though, the Ovello from the less lauded 2012 vintage. This is a knockout wine, still young, and with great promise. The nose is very exotic, quite heady & oaky even after a two hour decant, but opened up as the evening progressed, to give gorgeous aromas of macerated cherry, blackberry preserve, cinnamon, cedar and old leather. It screams Nebbiolo, and it’s the first Nebb I’ve had in a year or so.
The palate is very concentrated, with ripe and intense flavours of cranberry, dried cherry, cured meat and tobacco leaf. There is great tension and energy through the mouth, which only this village - or its neighbour - can achieve. The finish is long and impressive. A seductive, ageworthy wine.
94+ — 4 years ago
Tim’s Wine Market $22 — 7 years ago
The 1990 has a lovely light almost herbal nose with a fairly dark red color with minimal browning of the edges & a moderate body with good complexity & good acid & balanced tannins & lovely complex aftertaste. It will last 5-15 years in a cool cellar. — 8 years ago
Ruby in color with a brick rim.
Beautiful nose with red and black fruits, roses, nuts, light cedar, earth, herbs, chocolates and black pepper.
Medium plus in body with medium acidity.
Dry on the palate with cherries, raspberries, spices, blueberries, plums, earth, light wood and coffee.
Long finish with grippy tannins and tangy cherries.
This is a delicious Barolo from Piedmont. Showing nice complexity with a great mouthfeel.
This Single Vineyard is still very young, but already enjoyable even by itself as a sipping wine. Elegant and robust at the same time.
Very approachable now, and will continue to age nicely in the next 10 to 15 years. Has good potential to become a 94+ point wine.
Will also pair very nicely with food.
100% Nebbiolo grapes were aged in large oak barrels for 32 months.
14.5% alcohol by volume.
92 points.
$60. — 8 months ago
Very good. Smooth taste, no bitter aftertaste. — 4 years ago
Classic Barolo — 7 years ago
(Magnum bottle)
What a hulking but at the same time incredibly graceful Barolo. Deep-rooted minerals, plums, dark chocolate, mocha and a bit of smoke, well integrated oak & smooth, sweet tannins. definitely showing the darker side of rocche in this fabolous piece of land in la morra. — 8 years ago
Really good, had at upland — 8 years ago
"Odedi"
Ruby in color with a wide brick rim.
Fruity nose with red fruits, flowers, metals, light earth and herbs.
Medium bodied with medium plus acidity.
Dry on the palate with raspberries, fresh picked cherries, vegetables, light wood, spices, coffee and peppercorn.
Spicy finish with round tannins and tangy raspberries.
This is a very tasty, yet young, Barolo from the famous Cannubi plot in Barolo. Light and airy. Elegant, and feels very big.
Not very approachable yet, and needs a few years in the bottle to mature properly. Showing great potential to age nicely in the 10 years, and beyond.
100% Nebbiolo grapes were aged in large oak barrels for 32 months. A limited Production.
14.5% alcohol by volume.
91 points.
$100. — 5 months ago