Bruno Besa: Deep garnet to tawny. Open, mineral, salty, intense nose of small red fruits, violets, and rosewater. Full-bodied yet fragrant, with salt, minerals, small red fruits, and a lively finish. Another great Serralunga Barolo. 94

Andrew Jefford: Dark-hued garnet. Mellow and refined scents: elegant, relatively fresh plum and sloe compared to the richness of many of its peers, but lovely pressed-wildflower and moist-sand complexities behind that fruit. Even a touch of green? Relatively understated and unforceful, but it’s all there for those who search. Soft, full, vivid, complex, and long, and just as aromatically complex on the palate as on the nose. Close-textured, refined, subtle, and secondary Serralunga—a wine in which the grain and tension of the site is beautifully figured. Difficult but rewarding. 90