Azienda Agricola Quazzolo

Ovello Barbaresco Nebbiolo

9.412 ratings
9.45 pro ratings
Barbaresco, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
Nebbiolo
Lamb, Goose, Potato, Baking Spices, Beans & Peas, Hard Cheese, Turkey, Beef, Pasta, Salami & Prosciutto, Tomato-Based, Soft Cheese, Chicken, Veal, White Rice, Herbs, Mushrooms, Pungent Cheese, Pork, Game, Exotic Spices, Chili & Hot Spicy, Duck, Onion, Shallot, Garlic
Top Notes For
Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Haven’t had in 5 years. Glorious nose of roses, dark plum, dark cherry, sauvage, and smoke. Palate is intense with rocking sweet fruit and ripe but substantial tannins and unreal fruit squeeze. Big wine but really pulls it off and is delicious. Needs air but man is it fantastic.

Haven’t had in 5 years. Glorious nose of roses, dark plum, dark cherry, sauvage, and smoke. Palate is intense with rocking sweet fruit and ripe but substantial tannins and unreal fruit squeeze. Big wine but really pulls it off and is delicious. Needs air but man is it fantastic.

Apr 17th, 2025
Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

Outstanding nose. Tar, roses, rubber on the road, spice and crazy florals. Wow that nose goes to 11. Actually a 9.6. Stunning aromas and so much breadth. Wood shavings. Just insane. Almost a 9.7 nose. Palate is majorly serious with furry yet velvety tannins and needs major air to calm down and come together but it is all there. A magnificent wine. I will be back. Tannins are so velvety and the fruit is so sweet but man is this brooding. Okay. Wow this got amazing with air. 9.4 to 9.5. Huge sweet fruit, Velvety tannins and insane midpalate.

Outstanding nose. Tar, roses, rubber on the road, spice and crazy florals. Wow that nose goes to 11. Actually a 9.6. Stunning aromas and so much breadth. Wood shavings. Just insane. Almost a 9.7 nose. Palate is majorly serious with furry yet velvety tannins and needs major air to calm down and come together but it is all there. A magnificent wine. I will be back. Tannins are so velvety and the fruit is so sweet but man is this brooding. Okay. Wow this got amazing with air. 9.4 to 9.5. Huge sweet fruit, Velvety tannins and insane midpalate.

Dec 7th, 2023
Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Nose is very expressive with tar, roses and big time cherries and also cherry flower. Minerals and wood shavings. Clay? Gorgeous wild mint and major road tar. Really complex and expressive nose. Palate is juicy and clean. Elegant and compact. Lovely intensity but never heavy. Good concentration. Nice velvety tannins and very grippy. Long finish. Could use a few more years but wanted to check in. With air this has gotten so lovely. Sweet, silky, velvety and lovely mid season cherry attack. Amazingly pure and balanced. 9.3 to 9.4.

Nose is very expressive with tar, roses and big time cherries and also cherry flower. Minerals and wood shavings. Clay? Gorgeous wild mint and major road tar. Really complex and expressive nose. Palate is juicy and clean. Elegant and compact. Lovely intensity but never heavy. Good concentration. Nice velvety tannins and very grippy. Long finish. Could use a few more years but wanted to check in. With air this has gotten so lovely. Sweet, silky, velvety and lovely mid season cherry attack. Amazingly pure and balanced. 9.3 to 9.4.

Jun 12th, 2022
Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

Dark and brooding nose. Floral as well. Mineral. Savory. Dynamite cherry. Terrific lift. Expansive. Big, rich, ripe and young with terrific energy and snap. Big, imposing but elegant tannins. Massive levels of dank cherry fruit. Really deep, powerful and concentrated. So mineral. This is awesome. Holds its 15.0 alcohol like a champ. Wow. This really is mouth coating. So young but insane promise here. A regular baby Beethoven.

Dark and brooding nose. Floral as well. Mineral. Savory. Dynamite cherry. Terrific lift. Expansive. Big, rich, ripe and young with terrific energy and snap. Big, imposing but elegant tannins. Massive levels of dank cherry fruit. Really deep, powerful and concentrated. So mineral. This is awesome. Holds its 15.0 alcohol like a champ. Wow. This really is mouth coating. So young but insane promise here. A regular baby Beethoven.

Sep 11th, 2020
Pinotman /// Andreas

Fantastic wine. Needs many years. Almost port like characteristics the next day. Tons of sediment. Incredible value. Check in 5 years again. This will make me revisit Nebbiolo again. Shared in La Paz Mexico with a friend.

Fantastic wine. Needs many years. Almost port like characteristics the next day. Tons of sediment. Incredible value. Check in 5 years again. This will make me revisit Nebbiolo again. Shared in La Paz Mexico with a friend.

1 person found it helpfulNov 24th, 2023
Matthew Cohen

Gorgeous nose.

Palate is so plush. Plum.

Gorgeous nose.

Palate is so plush. Plum.

1 person found it helpfulNov 20th, 2022
Michael

Serious business

Serious business

1 person found it helpfulSep 12th, 2022
Matthew Cohen

Nose: sweet sexy blackberry. Earth.

Palate: sweet. Blackberry. Blackber y licorice. Delicious.

As this opens more serious. Library dust. Earth. Les tutti fruit and more contemplative.

Fass selections

Nose: sweet sexy blackberry. Earth.

Palate: sweet. Blackberry. Blackber y licorice. Delicious.

As this opens more serious. Library dust. Earth. Les tutti fruit and more contemplative.

Fass selections

Sep 1st, 2025
Pinotman /// Andreas

Excellent really. A real find by Lyle F.!

Excellent really. A real find by Lyle F.!

Aug 18th, 2025
Daniel Bloom

N: Big cherries, cinnamon, star anise, mulch. Some unidentifiable fruit that hangs there.tobacco.
P: Acidity and tannins, big chocolate finish, deliciousness.
Savory chocolate covered cherries.
Ya, more sir…please.
thanks @ Fasselections.

N: Big cherries, cinnamon, star anise, mulch. Some unidentifiable fruit that hangs there.tobacco.
P: Acidity and tannins, big chocolate finish, deliciousness.
Savory chocolate covered cherries.
Ya, more sir…please.
thanks @ Fasselections.

Apr 17th, 2022