Earlier this week we were honored to host 4th Generation of Marchesi di Barolo, Valentina Abbona, who showcased an elegant flight of her family’s wines. Marchesi di Barolo is an Italian icon, creating some of the finest wines, especially their most celebrated single vineyard from Cannubi. Marchesi di Barolo’s historic cellar stores a massive library collection of thousands of bottles and hundreds of vats of Barolo to retouch bottles of the best vintages. What a dream to try some their Barolos of the crazy old and super rare, but for our flight, we focused more on the now with a terrific showing of 2010’s, 2011 and 2012. These are wines that you want in your cellar…
2012 Barbaresco- Bright, elegant and really easy to drink. Softer tannins, clean and modern on the palate.
2010 Barolo- Seductive texture! Round, mouth coating and full of wild ripe fruit, rich florals and dense spice.
2010 Barolo Sarmassa- ****! More focused in structure, broad shouldered, beautifully layered with concentrated flavors. Everything was seamless in this bottle and with its extended finish, this was the star of the lineup! A stunning Barolo of true elegance, power and grace that I highly recommend to cellar and revisit decades down the road.
2011 Barolo Cannubi- The ’11 Cannubi is the preferred wine by Valentina for the glass now! A little more serious in the glass than the Sarmassa with power, more weight, more grip. Darker characters with deep minerality, licorice, espresso grinds and deep spice. Great compliments of fresh leather, black tea and blood orange zest throughout.
