2017 Barolo, Brunate, Marcarini, Piedmont, Italy

Red • Dry • Full Bodied • Nebbiolo
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Code: 20170600750001101030

Description

This wine is officially entitled to Riserva status due to its extended ageing in bottle, but it’s not labelled as such. It’s fabulously intense, compact and heady with the notes of a dry vintage: sage, white pepper, some mint, tobacco and liquorice. This isn’t a typical La Morra, but it’s from a great vineyard, with the svelte lines of the commune.

Mark Pardoe MW, Wine Director, Berry Bros. & Rudd

  • Colour
    Red
  • Sweetness
    Dry
  • Vintage
    2017
  • Alcohol
    14.5%
  • Grape
    Nebbiolo
  • Body
    Full Bodied
  • Producer
    Marcarini

Critics reviews

Antonio Galloni
91/100

The 2017 Barolo Brunate shows the signatures of a warm, dry vintage in its slightly forward profile. Dried cherry, cedar, spice, tobacco and dried flowers are all nicely mellowed by the conditions of the year. There is good freshness, but I would not push my luck on aging. The 2017 is already pretty much ready to go.

Drink 2022 - 2032

Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com (February 2022)
James Suckling
96/100

This is a powerful red with a full body and lots of dried fruit, walnuts, smoke and dried flowers. Asphalt and tar, too. It’s full and very layered with round, chewy tannins and a rich finish. Needs time to soften and open.

Try after 2024

James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (March 2021)
Kerin Okeefe
93/100
Licorice, new leather and crushed blue flower aromas form the nose. The licorice note segues over to the firm, elegantly structured palate along with dried cherry, raspberry compote, truffle and white pepper. Polished tannins provide support.
Kerin Okeefe, KerinOKeefe.com (April 2022)
Walter Speller
17++/20

La Morra. Just mid-ruby with orange tinges. Balsamic nose with great lift. Aromatic cherry and raspberry coulis with an undertow of nutmeg. Mouth-filling, layered sour-sweet cherry fruit with bags and bags of chewy tannins. Long, precise and deep but far from ready.

Drink 2026 - 2038

Walter Speller, JancisRobinson.com (July 2022)

About The Wine

Nebbiolo

Nebbiolo is the grape behind the Barolo and Barbaresco wines and is hardly ever seen outside the confines of Piedmont. It takes its name from "nebbia" which is Italian for fog, a frequent phenomenon in the region. A notoriously pernickety grape, it requires sheltered south-facing sites and performs best on the well-drained calcareous marls to the north and south of Alba in the DOCG zones of Barbaresco and Barolo.
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Piedmont

Piedmont has been the pre-eminent fine wine province of Italy since Roman times. Located in the north-west of the country, it is influenced culturally and climatically by the surrounding Alps and Ligurian Apennines. Its most important fine wine regions are the Langhe, incorporating Barolo and Barbaresco; Monferrato, comprising the wines of Asti and Gavi; and Novara with its Colline Novaresi and Boca.
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