Cantina del Pino
Ovello Barbaresco Nebbiolo
Barbaresco, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
Love this producer and this vintage. TBL
Love this producer and this vintage. TBL
Jul 8th, 2022Pretty florals with light fruits, slightly brown tinged edges and still enough acid to carry to the finish. TBL
Pretty florals with light fruits, slightly brown tinged edges and still enough acid to carry to the finish. TBL
May 29th, 2022
The 2017 Barbaresco Ovello is a superb effort for the year. Bright, aromatic and effusive, the 2017 is so expressive right out of the bottle. It has the vintage 2017 power found in all the wines here, but also the cut and verve that make Ovello one of the most distinctive sites in all of Barbaresco. It is such a gorgeous wine. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, February 2022)
The 2017 Barbaresco Ovello is a superb effort for the year. Bright, aromatic and effusive, the 2017 is so expressive right out of the bottle. It has the vintage 2017 power found in all the wines here, but also the cut and verve that make Ovello one of the most distinctive sites in all of Barbaresco. It is such a gorgeous wine. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, February 2022)
My first time trying one of the wines from Cantina del Pino, an estate with greater ties to Barbaresco’s roots than most. The Vacca family were long a part of the Produttori but in 1997 branched out (yes, a pun: it was they who in the 1920s planted the now iconic pine tree on the highest point of the Ovello lieu-dit), and now produce two single vineyard Barbaresco bottlings (this, and an Albesani), as well as a generic Barbaresco and Langhe, Barbera and Dolcetto wines.
Tragically, winemaker Renato Vacca died in March last year after a yearlong battle with cancer. The 2016 vintage, just bottled, is supposed to be superb.
For now, though, the Ovello from the less lauded 2012 vintage. This is a knockout wine, still young, and with great promise. The nose is very exotic, quite heady & oaky even after a two hour decant, but opened up as the evening progressed, to give gorgeous aromas of macerated cherry, blackberry preserve, cinnamon, cedar and old leather. It screams Nebbiolo, and it’s the first Nebb I’ve had in a year or so.
The palate is very concentrated, with ripe and intense flavours of cranberry, dried cherry, cured meat and tobacco leaf. There is great tension and energy through the mouth, which only this village - or its neighbour - can achieve. The finish is long and impressive. A seductive, ageworthy wine.
94+
My first time trying one of the wines from Cantina del Pino, an estate with greater ties to Barbaresco’s roots than most. The Vacca family were long a part of the Produttori but in 1997 branched out (yes, a pun: it was they who in the 1920s planted the now iconic pine tree on the highest point of the Ovello lieu-dit), and now produce two single vineyard Barbaresco bottlings (this, and an Albesani), as well as a generic Barbaresco and Langhe, Barbera and Dolcetto wines.
Tragically, winemaker Renato Vacca died in March last year after a yearlong battle with cancer. The 2016 vintage, just bottled, is supposed to be superb.
For now, though, the Ovello from the less lauded 2012 vintage. This is a knockout wine, still young, and with great promise. The nose is very exotic, quite heady & oaky even after a two hour decant, but opened up as the evening progressed, to give gorgeous aromas of macerated cherry, blackberry preserve, cinnamon, cedar and old leather. It screams Nebbiolo, and it’s the first Nebb I’ve had in a year or so.
The palate is very concentrated, with ripe and intense flavours of cranberry, dried cherry, cured meat and tobacco leaf. There is great tension and energy through the mouth, which only this village - or its neighbour - can achieve. The finish is long and impressive. A seductive, ageworthy wine.
94+
From Magnum…A gift from Behind the Cellar Door. Thank you Wayne.
From Magnum…A gift from Behind the Cellar Door. Thank you Wayne.
Aug 31st, 2021A m a z I n g. Fine furry tannins straight away so we decanted. One hour later this was singing. The nose was so pretty with cacao powder, faint sweet tarragon, and strawberries. Mouth coating raspberry fruit roll ups, smooth tannins makes this beautiful. TBL
A m a z I n g. Fine furry tannins straight away so we decanted. One hour later this was singing. The nose was so pretty with cacao powder, faint sweet tarragon, and strawberries. Mouth coating raspberry fruit roll ups, smooth tannins makes this beautiful. TBL
Mar 29th, 2021Wow pretty florals. Red fruits (cherry raspberry) cedar sandalwood, tannins are nice from front to back with a nice smooth finish!
Wow pretty florals. Red fruits (cherry raspberry) cedar sandalwood, tannins are nice from front to back with a nice smooth finish!
Mar 3rd, 2018
Ripe cherries and red currant. Some tannins and acidity to pair with spaghetti vongole
Ripe cherries and red currant. Some tannins and acidity to pair with spaghetti vongole
1 person found it helpfulJan 2nd, 2022
Aromatics are soaring right now. Focused, ripe red fruit balanced with a core of acidic structure & textural tannic grip. Keep discovering great bottles from Cantina Del Pino.
Aromatics are soaring right now. Focused, ripe red fruit balanced with a core of acidic structure & textural tannic grip. Keep discovering great bottles from Cantina Del Pino.
1 person found it helpfulSep 24th, 2016
Fresh and pretty nose, spring flowers, grand marnier and bright red cherries stick out, backed by a wall of stone. Broad and mineral-lined palate, just a touch sappy but overall very fresh and floral, firm but fine tannins. Really floral, mineral and elegant. Needs at least 7-8 years to soften its mineral wall. 2008.
Fresh and pretty nose, spring flowers, grand marnier and bright red cherries stick out, backed by a wall of stone. Broad and mineral-lined palate, just a touch sappy but overall very fresh and floral, firm but fine tannins. Really floral, mineral and elegant. Needs at least 7-8 years to soften its mineral wall. 2008.
1 person found it helpfulApr 12th, 2015