SH | Amorphous nose lacking distinction but some red and black fruits and gentle oak spice combined to create a quite pleasant overall effect. Broad, black cherry flavours combine with crunchy tannins and leafy green notes to create a rustic, characterful effect on the palate. Robust style on palate, characterful but rustic. This wine lacks some of the finesse of the best wines of SerralungaDrink Dates: 2025 - 2032. 87
AJ | A deeper scarlet-garnet than many of its peers, yet some bricking at the meniscus, too Earthy, warm, boisterous red fruits with a sappy quality, yet with some sweetness, too. Attractive and vivacious, though still principally primary at this stage. A touch of smoke and phenol. More complete than many aromas on show today. Exuberant and mouthfilling on the palate, with fair concentration of fruit. The fruit isn't very subtle, though, and nor is the spectrum of ripeness and resonance wholly satisfactory. But it's a very good Barolo from qualitative vineyards and may provide fresh excitement while you are waiting for the riper vintages to achieve plenitude. Perhaps over-earthy on the finish.Drink Dates: 2025 - 2033. 91
MP | Attenuated nose with some lively herbal notes of bay, balsamic vinegar and sage. The palate is exceptionally tannic with lashings of mouth-puckering phenols and obvious oak notes of vanilla and caramel. This is a modern style of Barolo with obvious oak and lacking the layers of fruit necessary to drive complexity.Drink Dates: 2026 - 2031. 90