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Barbaresco 2022 – a waiting game
A tannic vintage produced some lovely surprises and shows how far growers have come in dealing with summer heat. Albino Rocca (some of whose vineyards are pictured above) produced a...
Walter Speller
Wednesday 20 August 2025
• 6 min read
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Barolo 2021 – an enigmatic vintage
Walter Speller
Wednesday 6 August 2025
• 11 min read
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More Barolo 2021 and some late releases
Walter Speller
Tuesday 21 January 2025
• 7 min read
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Walter reviews more than 150 wines from this sought-after vintage, in addition to those tasted back in January. Castiglione Falletto...
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An unusually comprehensive vertical tasting of a top Barolo explained. A version of this article is published by the Financial...
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The most amazing Barolo vertical tasting took place recently in … London. Above, Jenny and Marco Marengo showing their wines...
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Did the annus horribilis become an annus mirabilis ? Walter's photo taken last December pictures Barolo from La Morra.
‘An...
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Walter spent an intensive tasting week in the Langhe recently and took this picture of the view towards Castiglione Falletto...
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In the Langhe, classico , or classic, has become shorthand for ‘cool years’, which were the norm before the onset...
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Dolcetto from some of Barolo's most coveted producers can still be had for a song, but will it succumb to...
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Fighting talk on a notably fresh vintage. See also Barolo 2018 – another atypical vintage? Above, vineyards below the castle...
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Another excitingly elegant vintage from Barbaresco, seen above from Ovello. In the last couple of months I tasted my way...
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In response to this request on our Members’ forum, Walter tracked down one of Barolo’s hidden heroes.
In my search...
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2021 saw the passing of one of the wine world's unsung heroes. Arnica Rowan, seen above with him, was a...
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Following Walter's report on winemakers' thoughts (as well as his own) on the 2018 vintage in Barolo, here are the...
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Walter consults the oracles of the Langhe, and is impressed by what his own palate tells him. Tasting notes to...
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Too many wines are ready to drink, and the variation is scary. See yesterday's article on Barbaresco 2018 and Walter's...
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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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Walter reports on the most recent vintage in Piemonte's hot spot, and official attempts to save the market for Barolo...
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