Gianfranco Alessandria

Barolo Nebbiolo

9.1140 ratings
9.114 pro ratings
Barolo, 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
Sipping Fine Wine

Ruby with a bouquet of fruit, spices, leather and licorice. On the palate flavors of cherry and strawberry with notes of pepper, smoky tobacco, herbs and cacao. Long finish, nice balance with fine soft tannins ending with earthy sweet notes. Good now!

Ruby with a bouquet of fruit, spices, leather and licorice. On the palate flavors of cherry and strawberry with notes of pepper, smoky tobacco, herbs and cacao. Long finish, nice balance with fine soft tannins ending with earthy sweet notes. Good now!

Apr 20th, 2024
Peter Sultan

Decanted less than an hour but still strutted its stuff during a sloppy Knicks first playoff win: rose petals, ripe red cherries, autumnal leaves, all folded into an elegant fine tannin & medium bodied, svelte charmer.

Decanted less than an hour but still strutted its stuff during a sloppy Knicks first playoff win: rose petals, ripe red cherries, autumnal leaves, all folded into an elegant fine tannin & medium bodied, svelte charmer.

Apr 16th, 2023
Peter Sultan

So lithe- & so young. Decant the heck of it. Very delicate confluence of Barolo flavors- where is that 14.5%? Lovely roses, tar.

So lithe- & so young. Decant the heck of it. Very delicate confluence of Barolo flavors- where is that 14.5%? Lovely roses, tar.

Jan 11th, 2021
Jae Cho

Punches so far above it’s price point it’s absurd. Perceptible oak but elegantly integrated with generous dusty cherry fruit. A barolo that is enjoyable young and pnp. Edit: subtracted 0.2 for the whipping headache afterwards

Punches so far above it’s price point it’s absurd. Perceptible oak but elegantly integrated with generous dusty cherry fruit. A barolo that is enjoyable young and pnp. Edit: subtracted 0.2 for the whipping headache afterwards

Dec 7th, 2020
Peter Sultan

4-5 hour decant at first thought barely opened this quality Barolo but in glass we got some preview of its future majestic state. Initially utterly sealed on the nose. Very strong tannins still need integration & the perfumed rose & Black fruits were coaxed out by much glass swirling. So not complete infanticide but kinda close. Still fascinating though to glimpse the inner power of a developing Barolo

4-5 hour decant at first thought barely opened this quality Barolo but in glass we got some preview of its future majestic state. Initially utterly sealed on the nose. Very strong tannins still need integration & the perfumed rose & Black fruits were coaxed out by much glass swirling. So not complete infanticide but kinda close. Still fascinating though to glimpse the inner power of a developing Barolo

Jan 19th, 2020
Lee Pitofsky

Good structure, notes of fig, plum, roses and spices

Good structure, notes of fig, plum, roses and spices

Dec 3rd, 2017
Cathy Corison

Owner/Winemaker Corison Winery

9.2

Classic. Tart cherry, bitter balance. Mineral. Dusty tannins

Classic. Tart cherry, bitter balance. Mineral. Dusty tannins

1 person found it helpfulSep 24th, 2016
Rob Crittenden

Great time to drink this wine.

Great time to drink this wine.

May 11th, 2016
Mark Lindzy

Very well made, much less new oak than previous vintages, non-intervention wine making. Fuller style, very young and long life ahead.

Very well made, much less new oak than previous vintages, non-intervention wine making. Fuller style, very young and long life ahead.

Jul 30th, 2015
Beth Cotenoff

Beautiful & good value.

Beautiful & good value.

Apr 2nd, 2015