Winemaker Notes
Professional Ratings
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James Suckling
A restrained wine, offering bergamot and potpourri aromas, elegant and graceful, with fresh red currants, cinnamon and vibrant blood oranges. Full-bodied with density and finesse, showing salty, finely woven tannins and refreshing acidity. Drinkable now but best from 2027.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The Ettore Germano 2022 Barolo Cerretta shows medium-light concentration despite its deep ruby appearance. Bold aromas of cherry, dried raspberry, graphite and spice appear on the nose of a wine of impressive focus and power. Fermented with 40 to 45 days of maceration and aged for two years in 700-liter tonneaux followed by another year in bottle, it delivers greater depth and structure than many wines from the 2022 vintage. Rather than the leanness often associated with the growing season, this Barolo offers plenty of tannic grip to sink your teeth into.
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Wine Enthusiast
Fifty year old vines rooted deep in Cerretta's clay and limestone and you feel every one of them. Candied cherries lead with real generosity, clove and a kiss of vanilla framing the edges. The palate is lush and completely enveloping, dried dark berries, cracked pepper and warmed earth moving into round, effortless tannins. Find a slow smoked brisket or a birria de res and make a proper night of it. Drink now to 2050.
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.
