Winemaker Notes
Brilliant and vivid garnet color. On the nose, this wine is complex with great freshness. Hints of cherry and ripe strawberry with a background of dried apricot, accompanied by pleasing tarry notes on the finish. Full-bodied, elegant, and refined, with silky tannins that make the palate pleasantly clean.
Professional Ratings
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Vinous
The 2018 Barolo del Comune di La Morra is a classy wine. Floral and nicely lifted, the 2018 is all charm. Crushed red berry fruit, kirsch, spice, mint, cinnamon and orange peel all grace this wonderfully appealing, delicious Barolo from one of La Morra's emerging estate. The Comune has something so many wines lack in 2018: mid-palate pliancy and gorgeous fruit. It is one of the under the radar gems of the vintage.
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James Suckling
Good, spicy fruit and a hint of tar on the nose, following through to the palate, where the just medium body is at odds with the lightly firm tannin at the moment. This should be better balanced by 2024, but will always be rather light.
Responsible for some of the most elegant and age-worthy wines in the world, Nebbiolo, named for the ubiquitous autumnal fog (called nebbia in Italian), is the star variety of northern Italy’s Piedmont region. Grown throughout the area, as well as in the neighboring Valle d’Aosta and Valtellina, it reaches its highest potential in the Piedmontese villages of Barolo, Barbaresco and Roero. Outside of Italy, growers are still very much in the experimentation stage but some success has been achieved in parts of California. Somm Secret—If you’re new to Nebbiolo, start with a charming, wallet-friendly, early-drinking Langhe Nebbiolo or Nebbiolo d'Alba.
