Tasted from magnum, the 2008 Barolo Riserva Cannubi 1752 offers budding tertiary notes that add a delicate veil of complexity and finesse to the bouquet. The Damilano family has owned vineyards in Cannubi since 1935 and...
Tasted from magnum, the 2008 Barolo Riserva Cannubi 1752 offers budding tertiary notes that add a delicate veil of complexity and finesse to the bouquet. The Damilano family has owned vineyards in Cannubi since 1935 and they created this special anniversary wine to celebrate the first historic single-vineyard production of Cannubi that can be traced back to the year 1752. Only 6,600 bottles were produced (sold in cases of six 750-milliliter bottles or magnums), and the 2008 vintage is the first edition produced. The wine is silky and long with lingering tones of smoke, licorice, tar and pressed fruit.The tannins are silky, but there is a spot of cherry sweetness on the finish that indicates a slow, future-aging evolution ahead. - Monica Larner