Piedmont Barbera

G.D. Vajra

Barbera d'Alba 2023

Drank with brats and burgers for 2025 Memorial Day. Really good. — 15 days ago

Elissa BakerKim O'Neill
with Elissa and Kim
Bob, Douglas and 2 others liked this
Dave Clinton

Dave Clinton

This is great!

G.D. Vajra

Albe Barolo Nebbiolo 2020

I would have guessed Brunello rather than Barolo — a little lighter than expected. Granite, rose, violet, red fruit, Italianate acidity - but not overly complex. Enjoyable. Just squeaks into 91. Not a great value for the $35 I paid. — 2 days ago

Paul, Dawn and 6 others liked this

Gaja

Barbaresco Nebbiolo 1982

Beautiful redfruit and floral aromas and flavors, faint road tar, actually still quite youthful in its flavor and structure, super long, lingering finish, incredible for a 43-year-old non-Cru Barbaresco!! — 15 days ago

Jim Powers
with Jim
ESF, Dave and 9 others liked this

Massolino

Serralunga d'Alba Barolo Nebbiolo 2019

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of 90min. The 2019 “Serralunga d’Alba” pours a garnet color with a transparent core; medium+ viscosity with no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with beautiful notes of red and black fruit: Morello cherry, fresh raspberries, pomegranate, orange zest, fresh cut red roses, talcum powder, tar and dry gravelly earth. On the palate, the wine is dry with high tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long. Massolino is on a roll! Drink now with patience through 2044+. — a day ago

Douglas, Ely and 13 others liked this

Produttori del Barbaresco

Barbaresco Nebbiolo 2012

Plenty of tannins left. 25bucks. Those were the days! 14%| Quite classic. Browne tinge. Needs at least 2-3 hours of air. Quite harsh and astringent. Roses, earthy and dusty, very dry. Hint of truffles. - Not super exciting at first (15min) so wait. Will last another 10 years - but i do worry about the fruit component if you need space in your cellar - i would suggest drink up. I will. Some folks tend to hype these wines i don’t - after all this is their most basic version with a large production volume. Total volume is 500,000 bottles a year at this cooperative. My guess they to make a lot of this one. — 13 days ago

Tom, Rick and 7 others liked this
Dave Clinton

Dave Clinton

I believe I gave this wine an enthusiastic review as well. Cheers!

Giuseppe E Figlio Mascarello

Monprivato di Castiglione Falletto Barolo Nebbiolo 2018

Plainly native Piedmont, but super-approachable now. Very pretty and open with lots of red roses. — 5 days ago

Scott@Mister, Ira and 13 others liked this

Renato Ratti

Marcenasco Barolo Nebbiolo 2020

Marcenasco is the first site where Ratti started to make Barolo. When he was still in Brazil working for Cinzano a certain Bruno Giacosa selected the location for him.
Renato Ratti is arguably the most important person for the development of the reputation of Barolo the way it is now.
He was the first to map the vineyards, pointing out the best crus; he spread the use of the Albeisa bottle in the consortium after studies on old book. He made Barolo become a DOCG.
He just saw and achieved what others could only smell.
He is the most highly regarded innovator of the area and everyone looks up to his memory.
Disappeared too early in 1988, he left to his son Pietro an incredible legacy.

The winery is located in La Morra, nonetheless their wines age fantastically specially the Marcenasco that drinks quite well early, like this example from 2020, but will also benefit from 10 + years in the bottle.
Tannin is smooth, fruit is there and we see some balsamic and floral already.
Only at the beginning of the journey.
— 11 days ago

Bob, Andrew and 3 others liked this

Pio Cesare

Barolo Nebbiolo 2020

Ming L
9.2

Pretty and quite approachable at this young age. Aromas of rose petal, red cherry, raspberry, and tar. Light tobacco and dried herbs also on the palate, with fresh acidity and elegant refined tannins.
The 2020 vintage in Piedmont seems to be quite open and expressive early, but age worthy as well.
— 9 days ago

Jae, Tom and 9 others liked this

Luciano Sandrone

Cannubi Boschis Barolo Nebbiolo 1996

Dark and dense with tobacco, dark sauce, plum. Dried herbs. Lush and dense and savory. A hint of mocha. Long and complex. — 5 days ago

BOT Matt LichtenbergPaul Woolls
with BOT, Matt and 1 other
Jan, Shay and 5 others liked this