Piedmont Distillers

G.D. Vajra

Albe Barolo Nebbiolo 2017

Red fruit and thyme nose. Raspberry (and leaf) roasted vegetables (in a good way) white pepper with tannins at the edges. Opens nicely. Great pairing with lamb pasta. TBL — 8 days ago

Ted, Paul and 7 others liked this

Cantina Bartolo Mascarello

Barolo Nebbiolo 2015

What a wine, so fresh, juicy, harmonious and elegant. This will evolve nicely and gain even more complexity. 97++ — 7 days ago

Lies, Daniel and 6 others liked this

Giacomo Conterno

Riserva Monfortino Barolo Nebbiolo 2008

Utterly magnificent.. stunningly good and near perfect. Hits all my buttons and is my favorite wine. Let decant about 90 minutes. Smooth as silk. Bursting fruit mixed beautifully with forest and truffle like earthiness. — 19 days ago

Jody, Ed and 19 others liked this

Bruno Giacosa

Roero Arneis 2022

White citrus in the nose. Burst of flavors on the palate. Green apple, quince, slight smoke, pomelo and under ripe pear. Longish finish — 6 days ago

Massolino

Serralunga d'Alba Barolo Nebbiolo 2020

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of four days. Best of Day 4. The 2020 Classico pours a beautiful garnet color with a transparent core; medium+ viscosity with no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of tart and ripe red fruits: strawberries, cherry lozenges, pink roses, tar, talcum powder and dry earth. On the palate, the wine is bone dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose though the fruit comes across more ripe than tart. The finish is long and saline. This is an elegant, sexy Barolo with sneaky power that’s only revealed with enormous exposure to air at this stage. Drink now with patience and through 2040. — 17 days ago

Lyle, Andrew and 15 others liked this

Produttori del Barbaresco

Barbaresco Nebbiolo 2020

Tough and compact. Just ripe crunchy strawberries and soaring complex aromatics. One to lay away, but massive potential. — 10 days ago

Vin, Jay and 7 others liked this

Gaja

Sito Moresco Langhe Nebbiolo Blend 2017

Had a dinner with my close friend. This is a gift from a restaurant to honor my loyalty to them. I tried this wine for other vintage and i'll review it once again for 2017.

On nose its straight Roses parfume, wild respberries, tar, and licorice

On palate, i sense a complex Spices, high acidity, violets, cherries, medium bodied with sharp intentisity on mid palate. This is still my favourite to taste barolo for some cheese pairing. Cheers everyone!
— 11 days ago

Vietti

Castiglione Barolo Nebbiolo 2019

2019 vintage. Medium heavy bod. Tar, earth, dark cherry in the nose. High acidity/tannins painfully evident and only tackling this because some greedy human insisted. Visited easily 15 years too early. Mostly structural currently while the dark fruit tumblers slowly click into place. 10.30.24 — 16 days ago

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David T

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Picked up the 2020 today.
Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

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@David T Haven't had enough of the 2020's to rate the vintage. Still trying to process the 2019's. Do enjoy this producer tho.

Giacomo Conterno

Cascina Francia Barolo Nebbiolo 2004

Rich with savory spices, cherry, berry, plum fruits with notes of leather, dried herbs, balsamic, rose petal & tobacco — 13 days ago

Jan, Ira and 10 others liked this

Giuseppe E Figlio Mascarello

Monprivato di Castiglione Falletto Barolo Nebbiolo 2019

Relatively light in color and structure. Very fruitfwd. Modern style barollo. — 15 days ago

Rob, Andrew and 6 others liked this
Jay Kline

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Not modern. This is about as traditional as they come. Long macerations and aged in Slavonian botti grandi.
Gilbert Van Hassel

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That is how it is made but not how it tastes. Very light modern barollo not one that needs 10 to 15 years to be appreciated.
Jay Kline

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I’m not sure what you mean by that. The “light” aspect you describe is the style of G. Mascarello and they need forever to flesh out. In a year like 2019, they will need forever, forever. Again, nothing modern about it. Not the winemaking. Not the style.