Azelia - Barolo Margheria 2016 (750ml)

 
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94
WA
95+
V
95+

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Producer Azelia
Country Italy
Region Piedmont
Varietal Nebbiolo
Vintage 2016
Sku 1558615
Size 750ml

Vinous: 95+ Points

The 2016 Barolo Margheria shows the natural weight and gravitas of Serralunga in its dark flavor profile and textural resonance. Black cherry plum lavender spice mint chalk and bright saline notes are all laced throughout. Deceptive in its mid-weight structure the 2016 possesses tremendous persistence and class to burn. Wilder suggestions of sage and lavender add savory top notes while searing tannins punctuate the finish.

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Wine Advocate: 95+ Points

Here is a wonderfully executed Barolo to applaud. The Azelia 2016 Barolo Margheria offers that classic twofold punch of power and elegance that is so nicely highlighted in wines from Serralunga d'Alba. For sure the textural fiber of this wine is richer denser and tighter than the others and there is an attractive point of inner black fruit energy and tension that I did not find to the same extent in the Cerretta. If that wine is more focused on the base tones this wine hits those high tones with better precision. The Margheria vines are 60 years old on average and planted in clayey and calcareous soils that render minerality to the wine. Some 6100 bottles were rolled out. Luigi Scavino's Azelia is celebrating a big milestone this year with its centennial anniversary (1920?2020). Five generations of the family have carried forth this winemaking legacy. To mark the occasion Azelia is releasing a new single-vineyard wine the 2016 Barolo Cerretta. In 1992 Luigi and his father Lorenzo started leasing a 2.5-hectare parcel in Cerretta (in Serralunga d'Alba). The father and son team replanted the site completely installing new trellising poles and wires and they ripped up the soil and added rainfall drainage. The Scavinos did all this work and made all these investments at great personal cost since the land lease would expire one day. However 12 years later in 2004 the family succeeded in purchasing the parcel. This site is very special to them as it is the first vineyard created completely from scratch with massal selection by the Scavinos. Initially the fruit was used in the classic Barolo blend (a blend of seven crus). Now nearly 30 years later Cerretta is finally bottled as a single-vineyard wine just in time to blow out 100 candles on the winery birthday cake.

Wine Spectator: 94 Points

This is elegant with perfumed aromas of rose and strawberry joining flavors of tar and tobacco as this firms up. Linear offering balance and a dusty lingering finish. Best from 2022 through 2040. ?B.S.

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