2017 Nebbiolo Products On Sale

A product of 85-plus-year-old vines in Castiglione Falletto the Azelia 2017 Barolo Bricco Fiasco is subdued and delicate with linear fruit of wild plum and blackberry plus hints of blue flower and pressed violet. The age of the... Read More

The Azelia 2017 Barolo San Rocco shows some tightness and firmness initially but it ultimately reveals an open and accessible quality of fruit with dried raspberry cherry and wild plum. Those fruit flavors take a sudden turn to... Read More

The 2017 Barbaresco Rabajà is sure to put a smile on readers’ faces. Ample and generous, the 2017 captures the radiant side of the year, which gives the wine so much appeal and also softens some of the firmness that... Read More

The 2017 Barbaresco Rabajà-Bas is impressive. Dark and resonant in the glass, with terrific depth, the Rabajà-Bas is a deeply intriguing wine. Black cherry, licorice, smoke, tobacco and dark spice bring out the more... Read More

Vignolo is a small vineyard site just down the hill from Bricco Boschis. The 2017 Barolo Riserva Vignolo (made with organic fruit) shows extra richness and density and more mineral definition that give this wine precision and... Read More

Made with organically grown clones of Michel and Lampia the E Pira-Chiara Boschis 2017 Barolo Mosconi softly presents bright berry aromas raspberry wild cherry crushed limestone and delicate floral tones of lilacs and violets.... Read More

The 2017 Barolo Riserva Cerretta Vigna Bricco is pliant and creamy with all of the depth of Serralunga backing it up. Black cherry plum and spice all build in a sumptuous full-bodied Barolo that captures the best the vintage had... Read More

This is a medium-bodied Nebbiolo from a hot vintage with a ruby-tinged appearance. The 2017 Barolo Ravera Bricco Pernice shows generous inner fiber and richness with dried cherry blackberry plum and dark spice. Fruit for this... Read More

This is Cogno's top-shelf wine that represents a micro-vinification of the rosé clone of Nebbiolo from an even more closely defined parcel. Only 3800 bottles were made. The 2017 Barolo Riserva Ravera Vigna Elena is a hot-vintage... Read More

The 2017 Carema Etichetta Bianca is airy perfumed and gracious. Sweet dried cherry tobacco cedar mint and licorice are all very nicely lifted. The only thing the 2017 is lacking is a bit of freshness. Even so I imagine it will... Read More

The 2017 Carema Etichetta Nera is laced with wild cherry spice leather cedar and dried herbs. A wine of amplitude and power the 2017 has a lot to offer. I would cellar it for a few years to allow some of the formidable tannins... Read More

The 2017 Carema is a classy elegant wine. This is an especially polished style for the appellation. Wild red cherry dried herbs mint pine licorice and blood orange all flesh out. Pliant and generous the 2017 is very nicely done.... Read More

Fragrant and delicious this gorgeous wine opens with inviting aromas of rose sandalwood camphor and perfumed berry alongside whiffs of truffle and French oak. The full-bodied palate combines elegance and structure featuring ripe... Read More

Balsamic aromas of camphor and cedar mingle with rose and leather on this full-boded savory red. Structured and delicious the juicy palate is still youthfully austere delivering ripe Marasca cherry crushed raspberry baking spice... Read More

Forest floor prune leather and pipe tobacco aromas make their way to the forefront. Showing the heat of the vintage it's full-bodied and concentrated offering cherry marinated in spirits licorice and the warmth of evident... Read More

Vigna Mondoca lies at the top of Bussia Soprana close to the famed crus of Dardi and Pianpolvere. This wine is aged in 30hl oak barrels for approximately 36 months. Very restrained and mineral the nose is mostly focused on rhubarb... Read More

This is an unexpected knockout from the underdog 2017 vintage. Drawing its fruit from old vines in the magnificent village of Castiglione Falletto the Oddero 2017 Barolo Rocche di Castiglione is perfumed and delicate in a manner... Read More

This is an unexpected knockout from the underdog 2017 vintage. Drawing its fruit from old vines in the magnificent village of Castiglione Falletto the Oddero 2017 Barolo Rocche di Castiglione is perfumed and delicate in a manner... Read More

The Oddero 2017 Barolo Villero is another surprise hit from a vintage that did not make it easy for vintners in the Langa. This wine shows classic profile with plenty of blue flower violet and crushed stone. The fruit tones are... Read More

The 2017 Barbaresco Riserva Montestefano is darkly concentrated and among the richest wines in this series of single-vineyard Riservas. Montestefano is angular textured and bold with dark fruit aromas dried blackberry toasted... Read More

The 2017 Barbaresco Riserva Muncagota plays some of its best cards in terms of texture offering silky tannins firmness and a long-lasting veil of fruit flavors. Cassis wild cherry camphor ash spice and iron ore are aromatic protagonists.... Read More

One of the bigger productions (with 17744 bottles) in the Produttori del Barbaresco's portfolio is the 2017 Barbaresco Riserva Ovello. All of the Riservas in this vintage are characterized by especially exuberant and bold... Read More

The 2017 Barbaresco Riserva Pajè is impressive on all fronts but especially in terms of aromas. There's so much brightness here with red and purple fruits rust and a dark note of clove or exotic spice. No element is out of... Read More

The 2017 Barbaresco Riserva Pora (with 13333 bottles released) is usually the first wine I taste each year when I review this set of Riservas from Produttori del Barbaresco. That's because it usually appears as the most delicate... Read More