2019 Barolo Annunziata Riserva

Auslieferung bis zum Sommer 2025!
Delivery until Summer 2025!

(Barolo Riserva; 100% Nebbiolo; the first Riserva release from Borgogno to be sourced from 0.9 hectares of the 2.5 hectares recently acquired in the prestigious Annuziata MGA in La Morra; 14% alcohol). Incredibly complex aromatically and utterly beguiling. At first we have classic leather and cherry stone, then the dry herbal and more floral notes appear – rose petals, lavender and wild rosemary. There’s sandalwood and clove too. Ample and searingly fresh on the attack, this is massively framed but very open in texture with a great sense of layering and of fresh sapidity welling up from below like ocean up-currents sourced from the depths. Very tactile and with great tension and precision. Yet seriously succulent and juicy. The wine-making here is exceptional and it’s wonderful to see what it brings to this fantastic terroir for the first time.
98/100 Colin Hay; The Drinks Business

Juicy, enjoyable, great quality, plenty of ripe but restrained red fruits, tobacco and slate, with woodsmoke, crushed rose petals and mandarin peel on the finish. Andrea Farinetti owner since buying this storied Barolo estate in 2008 (also known for the Eataly empire, putting this family right in the heart of the modern Italian hospitality industry). Simone Borsari winemaker. Organic farming at this vineyard located in La Morra.
95/100 Jane Anson