Le Rocche Malatestiane

Le Rocche Dei Barbari

Riserva Alivio Barbaresco Nebbiolo 1998

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Dark ruby in color with a short brick rim.

Beautiful nose of red and black fruits with wood, tobacco, dried meat, herbs, light oak, spices, herbs, earth and mushrooms.

Medium bodied with medium acidity.

Dry on the palate with plums, currants, cooked cherries, spices, bitter herbs, earth, light wood, mushrooms and black pepper.

Long finish with round tannins and cherries.

Now, THIS is a very unique wine from Barbaresco. Spent 20 years of aging. Nicely balanced and elegant. Tangy and complex.

Drinking beautifully now, and will continue to drink nicely in the next 10 years. Still has more oomph in it, with good acidity. Would be interesting to revisit it in 5 years.

Rich, yet elegant. Soft and smooth. A gorgeous and very interesting aged Barbaresco. Smoky and spicy with good structure.

A good quality wine, and good by itself as a sipping wine.

100% Nebbiolo grapes were aged in oak and concrete vats for 20 years. Bottled in 2018.

13.5% alcohol by volume.

94 points.
— a month ago

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Rocche Costamagna

Rocche Dell'Annunziata Barolo Nebbiolo 2019

Medium ruby-garnet color.
Aromas of cherry, floral.
Dry. Flavors of cherry, rose, tar, peppercorn, leather. Rich, chewy tannins.

Intensity: 4/5
Complexity: 4/5
Balance: 4/5
Finish: 4/5
— 3 months ago

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Rocche dell'Annunziata Riserva Barolo Nebbiolo 2015

Old style Barolo, still a little of bite! — a month ago

Paolo Scavino

Rocche dell'Annunziata Riserva Barolo Nebbiolo 1996

What is happening right now? Why is Barolo so fcking good? And, Scavino esp good? — 2 months ago

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Roccheviberti

Rocche Di Castiglione Barolo Nebbiolo 2018

Barolo chosen by the barolo expert. Very tannic. Velvety. Dynamite. — 3 months ago

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Vietti

Rocche di Castiglione Barolo Nebbiolo 2008

Needed quite a bit of time to decant, but well worth it. 15 years young.  — 5 months ago

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Ceretto

Bricco Rocche Barolo Nebbiolo 2007

Density and fruit aplenty, but still too much obvious new oak. So much so that I felt it masked a lot of the fruit’s quality. Expensive for what it offered, and not for me. — 2 months ago

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Jay Kline

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It’s a shame really. Bring back the botti grandi!!
Aaron Tan

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@Jay Kline I hear it’s better these days at Ceretto haha
Jay Kline

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@Aaron Tan I sure hope. The land and vines deserve better

Renato Ratti

Rocche Barolo Nebbiolo 2007

Lovely Barolo, soft tannins and notes of deep red fruit. — 2 months ago

Mauro Veglio

Rocche dell'Annunziata Barolo Nebbiolo 2005

It’s not all about the big names or so called high end wines. It’s about how a wine tast in the glass, this wine does taste very well after 19 years in the bottle. It’s nice and soft with some ripe red fruits. Just a lovely bottle of Barolo 😋 — 4 months ago

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