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Marrone, Che Vale Nebbiolo, Langhe
Tamlyn Currin
Friday 23 January 2026
• 1 min read
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Barolo 2022 and some late releases – the tasting notes
For background details on this vintage see Barolo 2022 – vintage report. Above, the Lazzarito vineyard with the Alps in the background. While the majority of wines reviewed here are...
Walter Speller
Tuesday 30 December 2025
• 8 min read
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Last month I finally made it to Gavi, the town of the eponymous wine in the province of Alessandria, 70...
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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times.
For further suggestions from our Purple...
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See also last week's report on the 2011 vintage in other European wine regions.
It is a sweltering early August...
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During Nebbiolo Prima, I was invited to taste eight vintages of Armando Parusso's Bussia going back to the mythical vintage...
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The afternoons during Nebbiolo Prima, after the the blind tastings held in the mornings (see Nebbiolo week – a guide...
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See also my notes on Barolo – 2007s and 2005 Riservas and Barbaresco – 2008s and 2006 Riservas, as well...
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See also my tasting notes on more than 160 of these immediate 2007 Barolos and more than 20 2005 Barolo...
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See my introduction to this tasting of 2008 Barbarescos and 2006 Riservas, Barbaresco catches up, and Nebbiolo week – a...
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See my tasting notes on 2008 Barbarescos and 2006 Barbaresco Riservas and Nebbiolo week – a guide for links to...
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Plenty of comment regarding the Barolo expansion can also be found on the forum and see Nebbiolo week – a...
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Truly, it’s an app, appy world today… Here's a superb set of maps of La Morra in the Barolo zone...
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There was a time when Piemontese Barbera was...
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An informal Piemonte theme seems to have developed here on Purple pages this week. I have accordingly compiled below a...
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As explained in Aldo Conterno – production shrivels, the Aldo Conterno estate comprises some of the very best sites of...
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The Aldo Conterno estate is quite impossible to overlook and rather grander than the artisanal producer dwelling you might be...
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While the general impression of Italy's 2010 vintage is one hampered by cool temperatures and lots of rain (see Vintage...
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