SH | Sweet black cherry and spice aromas on nose, with fragrant floral -violet and freesia too, nice acidity, firm but not harsh tannins a little too oak dominate but has plenty of fruit too to support this. I like the juicy vibrant finish with refreshing acidity.Drink Dates: 2026 - 2034. 92
AJ | Graceful, bright, translucent light red To begin with a slightly touch of reduction, but this soon clears to leave sweetly refined aromas of graceful elegance. Deft pomegranate, redcurrant and cranberry fruits with a creamy backdrop; dry flower and wild mushroom notes complete the backdrop. Unusual complexity here from a vintage where many growers struggled to express anything beyond simple purity of fruit. The palate isn't quite as complex (or as concentrated) as the nose suggested it might be, but it is supremely well-balanced, very drinkable, and is built on a core of athletic redcurrant fruit. The aromatic complexities support the fruit well. Yet another assured effort from a Serralunga grower in this difficult vintage.Drink Dates: 2025 - 2038. 92
MP | Delicate, filigree notes of red currant, red cherry and cranberry work alongside forest floor, mushroom and tobacco. The palate has an enormous weight of tannins and it struggles to move out from under these to capture the fruit to bets advantage. The finish eventually surrenders to the tannins and alcohol and the fruit is subsumed. Consumers looking for impressive and obvious Barolo will enjoy this although it is definitely one for the short-term.Drink Dates: 2025 - 2029. 93