This red is aromatic and haunting for its strawberry, cherry, rose hip, sweet hay, iron and licorice aromas and flavors. Expressive and harmonious, this is also firmly structured and long on the complex, fruit- and...

The 2020 Barolo Monvigliero is a very pretty, ethereal wine. Crushed flowers, mint, bright, red-toned fruit, dried herbs and spice are nicely lifted. This pretty, nuanced Barolo is very classy, but also on the lighter...

Dried flowers, pot pourri nuances on the nose - so aromatic and perfumed. Dried fruit, cherries and cranberries but with baked and stewed red berry fruit too and fresh red cherries alongside caramel, coffee and dark...

The 2021 Barolo Cicala is packed with dark fruit, iron, gravel, incense, tobacco, dried herbs and chocolate. Time in the glass brings out a more mineral dimension, but the 2021 is a decidedly rich, ample Cicala. Even so...

The most powerful of the bunch is the Pio Cesare 2020 Barolo Ornato. This is a structured wine with firm tannins and dense fruit that falls on the darker side of the spectrum with blackberry and damson plum. You also get...

Fresh flavors of sour cherry, strawberry, rose hip and rhubarb are the main themes, with accents of eucalyptus and iron. Open and fluid, this leaves a slightly dry, chalky feel on the finish, evoking underbrush and tomato...

A solid, consistent red, whose tart cherry, strawberry, rose hip and mineral flavors are allied to a viscous texture midpalate. This is never heavy, however, and ends with finesse and terrific length. So balanced and...

Deep and sappy from the get-go, this red evokes saturated cherry, strawberry, eucalyptus, tar and mineral flavors. There’s a ripe, rich feel midpalate, and this builds to the long, persistent aftertaste, showing vibrant...

This red is like a laser, yet there’s also a sappiness to its texture midpalate, with cherry, cranberry, rose hip, menthol and mineral flavors. Notable for its harmony, complexity and length, with an aftertaste that just...