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Barolo 2022 and some late releases – the tasting notes
Walter Speller
Tuesday 30 December 2025
• 8 min read
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Brunello 2025 – unpredictable and challenging
Walter Speller
Monday 22 December 2025
• 1 min read
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It is not all methoxypyrazines in Friuli’s Sauvignon Blanc, it seems. On 5 September the Udine district attorney began an...
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The Langhe, Nebbiolo's hallowed ground that culminates in Barolo and Barbaresco, has a thirst for whites too. Until now it...
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Justerini & Brooks have made it a tradition to show their Iberian and Italian portfolio in June, before the holidays...
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See Nebbiolo Prima – Barolo 2011, part 1 for another 106 tasting notes and Walter's introduction to the 2011 vintage...
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Barolo 2011 part 2 with a further 165 tasting notes will be published tomorrow. For more on the Nebbiolo Prima...
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Tasting some 479 embryonic Nebbiolos (see Nebbiolo Prima – the guide) during this year’s en primeur of Roero, Barbaresco and...
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Roero is a bit of a problem child.
I have always considered the inclusion of Roero, the direct neighbour of...
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Posh wine merchant Armit (restyled armit) was set up in 1981 by ex Corney and Barrow managing director John Armit...
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Although there was the odd disappointment, this collection of Barolo 2011s assembled in London by Joss Fowler of Fine +...
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