Jay Kline

9.3

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of dinner. The 2019 “Roccalini” pours a garnet color with a transparent core; medium+ viscosity with no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with gorgeous notes of ripe Morello cherry, raspberry, roses, new leather, dried orange peel, dried green herbs, a touch of anisette and dried gravelly earth. On the palate, the wine is bone dry with high tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long and savory. IIRC, before Paolo started making wine under his own label, the fruit from Roccalini used to go to Giacosa. Regardless, the quality and character is special which is why it is consistently one of my favorites in all of Barbaresco. Now, if only I had more access to it. Maybe @Lyle Fass can do something about it? Drink now through 2039+. — 8 days ago

romo

9.3

Time is terroir. 2016 in Piedmonte. — 2 months ago

romo

9.4

Truth-in-place. Hitting perfect right now (13s!) with a very long sweet finish. Wow. — 3 months ago

Mark Rosse

9.5

Wine of the night! — 16 days ago

Hiroshi Tominaga

9.3

Black cherry and powerful. Acquired through JAL. Price about ¥10,000. — 2 months ago

Matt Waring

9.1

Nice Brunello and a real value at Wegmans’ price. Blackberry and stewed plum, cinnamon and leather, chewy tannins, juicy. Not too heavy. — 2 months ago

with Christine

Mark Rosse

9.4

What a beautiful wine! — a month ago

Craig Marino

9.0

Very nice and smooth; an easy drink without much bite or even growl in it — 2 months ago

Matthew Cohen

9.0

Nose: potent. Dark flowers.

Palate: a bit cooked.

Grand cru $80 — 2 months ago

Steve Mitchell

9.0

Barolo’s are new territory for us. It was a medium bodied wine with tannins that were not over powering. Easy on the palate and a smooth finish. — 4 months ago