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2021 Barolo and 2022 Barbaresco – an early look
Walter Speller
Tuesday 12 November 2024
• 5 min read

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Barbaresco 2021 – the tasting notes
Walter Speller
Friday 9 August 2024
• 7 min read
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Barbaresco 2021 – too much of a good thing is wonderful
A great vintage for Nebbiolo in Barbaresco, from entry-level to cru wines. Come back on Friday for the tasting notes...
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Revisiting the Langhe
Some impressions from a memorable visit, also described in Drinking in Piemonte – wines and vintages 2011–2023 and The Barolofication...
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The Barolofication of Browett
What happened when an Italophobe was dragged to Piemonte. A version of this article is published by the Financial Times...
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Drinking in Piemonte – wines and vintages 2011–2023
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Still eating in the Langhe
A follow-up to last week’s Eating in the Langhe.
I don’t want to rub it in but our four recent...
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Eating in the Langhe
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Gaja – the tasting of a lifetime
A vertical tasting extending back to 1958 highlighted the exceptional work of Angelo Gaja in Piemonte and beyond. Above, Gaia...
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Vinexus anteprima 2023
Highlights and insights from an early tasting of 2020 Barolo and 2021 Barbaresco. Above, Ciabot Berton's striking new labels.
Last...
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Barbaresco 2020 – the tasting notes
Following Walter's overview of the challenging 2020 vintage, here he reviews a mixed bag of 93 wines, with some exceptional...
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Barbaresco 2020 – easy-going wines from a testing vintage
Walter describes and explains the heterogeneity of these mostly early-drinking wines. His photo shows the view towards Barbaresco and Martinenga...
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Barbaresco 2019 – another great vintage?
Another excitingly elegant vintage from Barbaresco, seen above from Ovello. In the last couple of months I tasted my way...
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Vinexus anteprima 2021
Our annual preview of the vintages to come from the three big Bs of Italian wine. The image of Burlotto's...
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Barbaresco 2018 – ready already
Perhaps not the most complex vintage, nor the most long-lived, but there is plenty to enjoy. Walter's picture of one...
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Don't quote me
Italian, Spanish and German vintages to drink now
On Saturday we published Which red wine vintages to drink now but it concentrates largely on French wines. There is...
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Vinexus Anteprima 2020
Some fine Brunello 2016s, charming Barbaresco 2018s and rather more challenging Barolo 2017s. This photo of Barolo vineyards is by...
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Barbaresco 2017 – refinement after confinement
Walter's view from Tre Stelle towards Barbaresco and with the crus of Martinenga and Rabajà in the distance illustrates this...
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