Some visits will live in my memory for a long time. I love the true, passionate, generous people of Langhe. Then there are those who combine that with an intensity and larger than live characters that is of the charts.
Meet Sergio Molino and Alena Wilson.
When I drove up to La Morra I had the expectations of a nice visit, especially after tasting E. Molino´s wines at 2024 Grandi Langhe.
I left three hours later, feeling like I have somehow stumbled across some sort of epiphany. There were so much discussion, information and opions that I didn´t get down on paper. I wish I would have, I have a nagging feeling that the meaning of life was hidden somewhere there.
When I read my own tasting notes below they seem so one dimensional, but there they are, I still have the memory of the visit to make them, at least, three dimensional.
Can´t wait to get back.
NV Wilson
A zero dosage 100% Nebbiolo Vino Spumante. The nose is fresh and herbal with notes of red currants and gravel.
The taste is tight and fine with a cleansing acidity and an assortment of red fruits. Maybe a tad short on the finish.
86p (tasted 2025/09)
2024 Langhe Nebbiolo
A high, pure nose with notes of rosehips, some ripening strawberries and drips flowers. Fresh and fine.
The taste is medium bodied with the same length and notes of red cherries, licorice and Langhe earth. Very, very good.
88p (tasted 2025/09)
2022 Langhe Terraze del Pelorosso
The grapes comes from the Boiolo MGA. The nose is high and fine with notes of wild strawberries, forest floor and leather.
The taste is nicely structured with a fine warmth and notes of cherry pips, moist earth and dried flowers. Long and fine.
92p (tasted 2025/09)
2021 Barolo Bricco Rocca
A very refined, layered nose with notes of ripe red cherries, paint and some balsamic notes. High and fine.
The taste is structured and complex with gorgeous fruit, very fine tannins and a long, layered finish. 6+ years.
93p (tasted 2025/09)
2021 Barolo Riserva del Fico
A very deep, gorgeous nose with that great tar-and-roses smell, alongside notes of dry licorice, undergrowth and geranium. Very fine.
The taste is old viney - 74 years old vines - and just lovely with complexity, balance and intensity. Fantastic fruit. Great wine. 8+ years.
95p (tasted 2025/09)
2021 Barbera d´Alba Superiore Mélia
When I tasted Sergio´s wines at Grandi Langhe, the Barbera was poured last. There was a reason, and it was poured last this time also. This is a stunning beast. The nose soars up from the glass with breathtaking notes of hot asphalt, fried herbs, (over)ripe raspberries and Finnish licorice.
The taste is, like Sergio, a force of nature with hedonistic fruit, a piercing acidity and yet a balance that doesn´t make the wine feel heavy. Alongside Cogno´s Pre-Phylloxera the best Barbera I have ever tasted.
96p (tasted 2025/09)
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