Disclaimer - the importer of M. Marengo and Luigi Pira (Origo Wines) are friends of mine and co founders of the illustrious Barolo Boys. I however have no financial interests in these wines. I just call them as I see them.
2024 Dolcetto d´Alba
A sample from tank, it will be bottled in April. The nose is fresh and juicy with notes of salmiak, minerals and ripening blueberries.
The taste is cool and peppery with nice violet scented fruit, perky tannins and a long, dry finish.
~88p (tasted 2025/01)
2023 Barbera d´Alba Superiore
A deep, spicy nose with notes of dried raspberries, tobacco and dusty earth. A fine warmth.
The taste is steady and warm with notes of fried herbs, raspberries and earth. A fine acidity.
89p (tasted 2025/01)
2023 Langhe Nebbiolo
A ripe, pure nose with notes of hard cherry candy, fir wood and asphalt. Very, very good.
The taste is tight and fine with gorgeous cherry fruit, silky Serralunga tannins and a long, balanced finish. According to Gianpaolo, the best LN he has ever made.
92p (tasted 2025/01)
2021 Barolo del Comune di Serralunga d´Alba
A stunning Comune wine. The nose is high and intense with notes of shining, ripe red cherries, iron, violets and rosehips. All of the Baroli was bottles just the week before.
The taste is ballerina like with focus, balance and grace. The best Serralunga I have evere tasted from Gianpaolo.
94p (tasted 2025/01)
2021 Barolo Margheria
A high, layered nose with stunning notes of ripe red cherries, Christmas spices, cigarette smoke and rosehips.
The taste is tight, focused and full of energy with notes of cherry licorice, rosehips, tobacco and paint. The finish goes on and on. 8+ years. Great wine.
96p (tasted 2025/01)
2021 Barolo Marenca
A very deep, tight nose with notes of asphalt, leather, dark roses and boatloads of ripe black cherries. Bottomless.
The taste is rich and concentrated with brilliant fruit, broadshouldered tannins and a finish that never ends. 10+ years.
96p (tasted 2025/01)
2021 Barolo Vignarionda
A very handsome, refined nose with notes of dried roses, hard cherry candy, orange peel and expensive tobacco. Just awesome.
The taste is brilliant with focus, intensity and the purest fruit imaginable. A candidate for perfection, just wait 10+ years.
98p (tasted 2025/01)
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