Barolo 'Cerretta'

Score

94

Score

98

Score

94

Score

95

Score

95

Score

94

Score

92

Score

96

Score

95

Score

95

Score

95

Score

92

Score

95

Score

94

"This Cerretta blends a graceful nose with a powerful and youthful palate. Sweet violet, restrained red currant, cinnamon candy and a soapy, rose character on the nose lead to a crisp attack with firm, velvety tannins. It's thick on the finish yet soaked with citrus and leafy flavours. Fermented with indigenous yeast and aged for 24 months in botti."

Score

94

"Perfumed with sliced raspberries, violets and strawberries as well as hints of orange. It,s medium-bodied with firm and fresh tannins that are chewy. Bright acidity. Energetic wine. Drink after 2027."

Score

17.5

"Serralunga d,Alba. Youthful ruby. Crushed stones, savoury spice and a hint of leather, while still closed on the fruit. Concentrated palate that is lively with lots of juicy red fruit and bags of coating tannins. Fantastic balance and great purity of fruit on the finish but needs more time. (WS) 14.5%"

Score

96

"Cerretta is one of my favorite sites in Serralunga d'Alba because it consists of vines wrapped around a hilltop with various exposures. For that reason, Cerretta wines can vary widely from producer to producer. The Azelia 2019 Barolo Cerretta has dark fruit and spice, but the bouquet is mostly colored by flinty mineral tones, smoke and pencil shaving. It offers terrific balance and also manages some softly perfumed notes of violet and blue flower that you don't get in the other wines. It sees 50 days of extended maceration and 30 months of aging in large oak casks. This is a very limited production of 3,200 bottles."

Score

92

"A lean, sinewy style, this red suggests cherry and strawberry fruit shaded by mint, cumin and tar accents. Though energetic, the finish is currently dominated by dense tannins. Requires patience. Best from 2027 through 2045. 400 cases made, 120 cases imported."