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Barolo 2019 – more tasting notes

Tuesday 4 July 2023 • 11 min read
Castiglione Falletto

Walter reviews more than 150 wines from this sought-after vintage, in addition to those tasted back in January. Castiglione Falletto is pictured above. See also yesterday's report, Barolo 2019 – squaring the circle?

The 163 wines below (including four from Aldo Conterno tasted by Jancis in London) are grouped by commune and within the communes by cru (named vineyard) – ordered from more elegant to more tannic styles within those groups.

Intercommunal blends

Mid-to-deep ruby with orange tinges. Sweetly perfumed fruit with...

Just mid ruby. Subdued red fruit but with a sense of fullness on...

Lustrous mid ruby. Open-knit, sweet, peppery red fruit on the...

Youthful mid ruby. Very closed on the nose and only showing...

Palish ruby. Shyly perfumed nose but with plenty of...

Just mid ruby. Slightly reduced and closed on the nose. With...

Just mid ruby with orange tinges. Deep and a little brooding...

Lustrous mid ruby. Opulent, sweet, ripe raspberry nose with...

Just mid ruby. Gorgeous, sweet raspberry and sour cherry on the...

Just mid ruby. Slightly raw rhubarb on the nose, but with...

Diana d'Alba

Gallaretto

Diano d’Alba. Mid-to-deep ruby with bright orange tinges. Proper...

Roddi

Bricco Ambrogio

Roddi. Lustrous mid ruby with orange tinges. Cool raspberry nose...

Roddi. Just mid ruby with orange tinges. Sweet, concentrated...

Roddi. Lustrous mid ruby. Cool nose of dark-cherry fruit. A...

Verduno

Verduno. Mid ruby. Cool, savoury, minerally red fruit but with...

San Lorenzo di Verduno

Verduno. Lustrous mid ruby. More depth on the nose than the...

Massara

Verduno. Mid ruby with orange tinges. A little subdued, with...

Pisapola

Verduno. Mid-to-deep ruby with bright orange tinges. Brooding...

Riva Rocca

Verduno. Mid-to-deep ruby with orange tinges. Rich red-fruit...

Monvigliero

Verduno. Lustrous mid-to-deep ruby. Layers of ripe red fruit...

Verduno. Deep, maturing ruby with bright orange tinges. Sweet...

Verduno. Just mid ruby. Beautiful, savoury, minerally fruit on...

Verduno. Just mid ruby. Cool rhubarb and raspberry nose. Focused...

Verduno. Mid ruby. Concentrated, ripe red-fruit nose with earthy...

Verduno. Lustrous ruby. Deep raspberry and morello-cherry nose...

Verduno. Mid ruby with orange tinges. Brooding, deep red fruit...

Verduno. Just mid ruby with orange tinges. Brooding red-fruit...

Barolo

Barolo. Just mid ruby. Earthy, spicy, minerally nose that is...

Barolo. Just mid ruby with orange tinges. Fine and lifted on the...

Barolo. Youthful mid ruby. A concentrated marasca and raspberry...

Barolo. Lustrous mid ruby with orange tinges. Lifted raspberry...

Barolo. Mid-to-deep ruby. A tiny bit grubby/reduced at first...

Albarella

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