Nebbiolo between $75 and $100

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

You can taste the softness and richness of the warm vintage in the 2015 Barolo Margheria. The wine offers dark fruit flavors and lots of rich plump fruit at the back. This is a softly textured wine that can also be consumed in... 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 Conterno Fantino 2019 Barolo Castelletto Vigna Pressenda is medium dark and more concentrated compared to many of its peers. This wine shows a solid bouquet with fixed aromas of wild cherry long-stemmed rose and candied orange.... Read More

Truffle red-berry and camphor aromas mingle with new leather and rose on this full-bodied red. The tight elegantly structured palate features sour cherry licorice and tobacco framed in firm close-grained tannins. Drink 2024–2031.... Read More

Aromatic this red reveals cherry raspberry white pepper and mineral aromas and flavors. Starts out vibrant and solidifies as firm tannins emerge on the long finish. Shows fine resonance and clarity. Best from 2024 through 2037.... Read More

Quite robust and powerful on first nose the 2019 Barolo Ginestra Vigna del Gris needs more time in bottle to flesh out and move past this current youthful phase. This wine is definitely poised to give more to those who wait. It... Read More

The 2019 Barolo Ginestra Vigna Sorì Ginestra has an almost botanical feel with lots of wildflowers iris and garden herb that are layered into dark fruit spice and rusty metal. The wine does not shy back in term of complexity... Read More

The Gavarini Chiniera vineyard is shaped like an amphitheater with thick forests at the back (which protects from cold air currents) and sandy chalk soil at 380 meters in elevation. This is a special site and the Elio Grasso 2018... Read More

From a vineyard located across from Gavarini Chiniera this is a slightly more robust and concentrated wine. The 2018 Barolo Ginestra Casa Maté sources its fruit from a position at a slightly lower elevation with a bigger component... Read More

The Elvio Cogno 2018 Barolo Ravera is becoming one of the most important wines in Novello and it performs very nicely in this more challenging vintage. In fact 2018 helps to cement Ravera's steadfast reputation precisely because... 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

With some 7000 bottles released the Fratelli Alessandria 2017 Barolo Gramolere gives us a taste of fruit from Monforte d'Alba as opposed to Verduno where this winery is based. The Nebbiolo from this further-flung village shows... Read More

The 2018 Barolo Monvigliero shows a beautiful signature of pressed violets rose garden white stone crushed peppercorn and grilled rosemary. The wine is smooth and soft in texture yet it feels stitched up and firm at the back thanks... 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

The 2019 Barolo Baudana offers good power and ripeness with sweet fruit flavors dark cherry spice and ferrous earth. These aromas are characteristic of this site in Serralunga d'Alba. The wine is silky and generous on the... 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

Reviewed by Monica Larner Issue Date 28th Jun 2019 Source Issue 243 End of June 2019 The Wine Advocate The Margherita Otto 2015 Barolo shows a sweet and soft approach with ripe cherry plum spice and savory leather. This is a broad-shouldered... Read More

Massolino has added a few terrific new Barbarescos to its lineup. The 2019 Barbaresco Albesani is one of these. With fruit from a 0.6-hectare growing site at a warm 230 meters in elevation the wine shows broad knitting and dark... Read More