Winemaker Notes
Notes of violets, rose hips, tobacco, and leather are surrounded by red fruits and elegant tannins in this Barolo Serralunga d'Alba.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Intensely fragrant, this stunner has enticing scents of crushed mint, rose a hint of pine forest and a potpourri of spice. Made with organically farmed grapes, it's linear, with knife-like precision that frames pomegranate, red cherry, licorice and tobacco. Tightly-knit, fine-grained tannins and bright acidity keep balanced.
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James Suckling
Pleasantly nutty red-berry character to the nose, together with a light caramel-like note. Medium to full body with a fairly lax palate at first. Then some firm tannin takes hold, yet the easy fruit pushes on.
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.
