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Barolo 2022 – a surprisingly gentle vintage, part 1
A final report on a tricky vintage that now shows remarkably fresh and accessible. Today, reviews of wines from multiple villages and from the northern and western villages of Cherasco...
Walter Speller
• 3 min read
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Barbaresco 2023 – not easy but beguiling
Temptingly fresh and approachable wines from a heatwave year. Sottimano produced one of the most ageworthy wines of the vintage from the Cottà cru, pictured above. Vintage 2023 will always...
Walter Speller
• 2 min read
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25 March 2021 Two wines from Diego Conterno now added to the tasting notes below.
16 December 2020 Walter was...
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Walter takes us on a tour of the Langhe growers’ climate-change toolbox and exclusively helps us to master an excessively...
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Some fine Brunello 2016s, charming Barbaresco 2018s and rather more challenging Barolo 2017s. This photo of Barolo vineyards is by...
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A stunning monument to a grape whose wines were once regarded as white Barolo.
From €15, £16.50, $32.90.
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Walter presents the last of his more-random-than-usual collections of tasting notes. The image above is of Andrea Picchioni in his...
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The latest entrant to our sustainability heroes writing competition gives us her pretty starry bio before submitting her (unedited) entry...
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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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Arnica Rowan, seen here, describes hunting for the luxury product vying with vines for land in the Langhe hills, which...
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Reports from around the region. Is it as good as 2016? Seen here Walter's November 2019 view of the alps...
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Arnica Rowan sniffs out a new craze, for Piemonte's less famous indigenous grapes.
Claudio Fenocchio (right) gestured across the vineyard...
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Some welcome Italian gems here, and a foretaste of the many more 2016 Barolos that Walter has just been tasting...
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Snap these up, says Walter. Italy's finest co-op wines?
Produttori del Barbaresco is not only one of Italy’s most admired...
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Walter goes out on a limb that could be extremely exciting for Barolo’s neighbour. With the 2016 vintage, Barbaresco has...
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Piemonte dominates this collection of more than 130 tasting notes, with the Veneto the second most important region represented in...
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Walter profiles an Australian in the Langhe. On 5 March Walter will be hosting for members of the wine trade...
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Walter is passionate about a light, sweet, lightly sparkling historic wine too often overlooked. Now joined by a dry version...
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