Nicolas Belfrage: Medium depth of color with an orange rim. Lightly perfumed nose. Good concentration and plenty of sweet fruit. The structure suggests it can age for several years, though it will be good to drink from 2016. 89

Bruno Besa: Deep garnet to tawny rim. A touch closed, yet complex forest undergrowth on the nose, with prunes and smoke, raw meat and road tar. Fullbodied palate, with big tannins well supported by the sweet, layered fruit. Certainly a Barolo to age for the next decade. 92

Andrew Jefford: Dark, dense, black-red. Spicy, floral (peony and citrus blossom), and intriguing. A many-hued aroma, round and comforting. Just a teeny bit heavy-curtained and dank after a while. Vivid, full, dense, round, supple, generous, and long. So much to enjoy here; so classical in style; and yet so accessible and welcoming—that’s the great appeal of this vintage. Get your tape measure all around this wine, and you won’t find it wanting in any way, yet it’s also a wonderfully easy drink to sink into and relish. Truly excellent, and with finer aromas it would have merited a still higher score. 90