Barolo del Comune di Serralunga d'Alba Nebbiolo

I don’t remember liking my prior bottle of this, drunk 2 or 3 years ago, as much as this bottle. This pretty promptly displays a boisterous nose of strawberry, cherry, crushed stone, moist underbrush, and faded rose petals. Quite full in the mouth, it’s assertive and shows fairly deep flavors of dried cherry and leather. The only drawback is that its frame (alcohol and tannin) is maybe a bit too prominent for my taste in the back half of the palate. Good acids. For me, with modern global warming Barolo, the risk is that the alcohol burns through the fruit before the tannins soften. In the next 2-4 years I think this will be in the sweet spot.

Better with air…some oak components. Decent but perhaps not worth the money.

A decent Barolo bought on steep discount from Garagiste. Worth about what I paid (50% retail)

Perfectly drinkable. One-dimensional, if elegant.

Very decent wine. We enjoyed it with cheese and it was perfect. Complex and smooth tannins, a bit of tobacco and ripe cherries.

Easy to drink. A little too light for my liking.

At alta strata

9/14/2021 WineText $27.55

Truly enjoyable and good friendly. Dried cherries, hit of bacon, cleansing acidity and structure

Chris had this 2 years ago