Aurelio Settimo
Rocche dell'Annunziata Barolo Nebbiolo
Barolo, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
Fortunate to get this 2010 from Tiziana at the winery. Can age further, but delicious now. Ample sublime tannins, balanced acid, tangerine peel, white flowers, leather, cola, sour cherries... fantastic.
Fortunate to get this 2010 from Tiziana at the winery. Can age further, but delicious now. Ample sublime tannins, balanced acid, tangerine peel, white flowers, leather, cola, sour cherries... fantastic.
1 person found it helpfulJul 22nd, 2018
From taste: lovely piercing orange liqueur and wildflower aroma, cardamom and cinnamon, intoxicating, clear and beautiful nose. Chalky minerality on palate, fine grained, grippy tannins, great harmony and spicy orange deliciousness. Shows well the softer side of this exuberant vineyard, and of barolo, and exudes excellent balance with a combination of sweet cherry fruit, sophisticated tannin, and zesty acids. Could use more mid-palate punch, but nevertheless a buy and a keeper for 8-12 years. $58.
From taste: lovely piercing orange liqueur and wildflower aroma, cardamom and cinnamon, intoxicating, clear and beautiful nose. Chalky minerality on palate, fine grained, grippy tannins, great harmony and spicy orange deliciousness. Shows well the softer side of this exuberant vineyard, and of barolo, and exudes excellent balance with a combination of sweet cherry fruit, sophisticated tannin, and zesty acids. Could use more mid-palate punch, but nevertheless a buy and a keeper for 8-12 years. $58.
Sep 28th, 2015
Very good Barolo, a spicy nose and tobacco, powerful tannins with a correct length. Lack certainly a little aging. Open 2h30 before
Very good Barolo, a spicy nose and tobacco, powerful tannins with a correct length. Lack certainly a little aging. Open 2h30 before
May 5th, 2018
Big, but not overwhelming. Spice and fruit finishing with pleasant tannins. Pretty good.
Big, but not overwhelming. Spice and fruit finishing with pleasant tannins. Pretty good.
Jan 14th, 2017
None of that new-paradigm-for-Barolo nonsense here. This is old paradigm and sticking to it. Starts out as a total structural vortex as if someone actually managed to turn the wine inside-out and then the intense gravitational pull from an object with infinite density but no mass started to vacuum in your palate until it wanted to turn inside-out too. Commenting on the fruit at that point feels kind of academic but it's that old-style nebbiolo profile with fruit so pale and red it's almost bricked already. Fortunately we were having leftover Passover brisket a.k.a. the Jewish version of beef braised in Barolo, which totally waved its magic wand over this wine and with a single bite all that punishing structure melted away, the fruit even showing some sweetness and turning blacker in tone.
None of that new-paradigm-for-Barolo nonsense here. This is old paradigm and sticking to it. Starts out as a total structural vortex as if someone actually managed to turn the wine inside-out and then the intense gravitational pull from an object with infinite density but no mass started to vacuum in your palate until it wanted to turn inside-out too. Commenting on the fruit at that point feels kind of academic but it's that old-style nebbiolo profile with fruit so pale and red it's almost bricked already. Fortunately we were having leftover Passover brisket a.k.a. the Jewish version of beef braised in Barolo, which totally waved its magic wand over this wine and with a single bite all that punishing structure melted away, the fruit even showing some sweetness and turning blacker in tone.
Apr 11th, 2015