Jancis Robinson

17.5

Serralunga d’Alba. Youthful mid ruby. Enticing nose of minerals and fruit with dry, savoury oak hints. A youthful and generous palate that is not yet fully open. Very long with lots of juice and persistent tannins coating the mouth on the finish. (WS)

17

Roddi. Lustrous mid ruby with orange tinges. Cool raspberry nose with a hint of cooked rhubarb. A core of ripe red fruit layered with coating tannins. Very slow to show it all and with a juicy, if embryonic, finish. A really impressive result for this little-known vineyard. (WS)
Drink 2023 – 2030

16

Serralunga d’Alba. Tasted blind. Concentrated mid ruby. A little closed and brooding and with notes of herbs. Supple and round and almost a little easy-going. Approachable, soft and generous fruit finish with grainy tannins. Not very Serralunga-like. (WS) 15%. Drink 2019-2026

16+

Serralunga d’Alba. Mature mid ruby with bricky rim. Lifted, perfumed sweet strawberry and spice nose. Sweet and ripe palate that perfectly maintains a mid palate weight. Elegant and almost a little sour. Bags of powdery tannins and plenty of strawberry fruit on the finish. A little populist and certainly does what it says on the tin. (WS)

16+

Serralunga d’Alba. Mature mid ruby with bricky rim. Lifted, perfumed sweet strawberry and spice nose. Sweet and ripe palate that perfectly maintains a mid palate weight. Elegant and almost a little sour. Bags of powdery tannins and plenty of strawberry fruit on the finish. A little populist and certainly does what it says on the tin. (WS) 

17

Rather haunting perfume. Manages to seem light-bodied even with 14.5% alcohol. Marked acidity and ferny-like freshness. You could almost drink this already with pleasure! But there is no particular sweetness. Great fun. Even if not for the very long term.

17

Rather haunting perfume. Manages to seem light-bodied even with 14.5% alcohol. Marked acidity and ferny-like freshness. You could almost drink this already with pleasure! But there is no particular sweetness. Great fun. Even if not for the very long term.

15.5

Grinzane Cavour. Maturing and just mid ruby with a bricky rim. Lifted cherry with a hint of hot iron. Concentrated cherry and bags of coating tannins. Not a real unity (yet), but serviceable. (WS)

15.5

Grinzane Cavour. Maturing and just mid ruby with a bricky rim. Lifted cherry with a hint of hot iron. Concentrated cherry and bags of coating tannins. Not a real unity (yet), but serviceable. (WS)

16.5

Roddi. Light ruby. Fresh autumn leaves on the nose. Sweet start and then masses of acidity and tannin. Very youthful indeed. Still quite jagged with a note of bitterness on the finish at present.

15

Grinzane Cavour. Mature mid ruby with a bright orange rim. Leafy cherry fruit on the nose and rather sweet cherry and gingerbread on the palate. A little rustic in structure and fruit, and not really complex. Accessible though, and can be approached already. (WS)

16.5+

Serralunga d’Alba. Mid ruby with orange rim. Intense nose and concentrated fruit palate. Very young and concentrated on the palate with mouth-filling tannins. Quite rich. (WS)

16.5

Bricky red. Gentle aroma. Savoury gentle red fruit, with slight note of undergrowth, and mild tannins, or at least they seem like that but they build in the mouth. Fresh, delicate and yet long. (JH)

16

Grinzane Cavour. Pale ruby with broad orange rim. Sweet nose marked by oak and hints of fruitcake. Good acidity. Already hugely accessible and supple, but perhaps a little too forward to be truly in the Barolo league. (WS)

17

Serralunga d’Alba. Maturing mid ruby with a narrow, orange rim. Sweet gingerbread and dried notes on the nose. Complex waxy cherry fruit with depth on the palate and a little unexpected after the singed nose. Dramatic, powerful, grainy tannins. Very unusual and satisfying and long and tactile. (WS)

16.5

Commune of Roddi. Palish ruby with watery orange rim. Balsamic, quite mellow strawberry fruit with structuring acidity. Firm, but not overpowering, tannins on the finish. Just a little rustic, but certainly long. (WS)

16

Commune of Grinzane Cavour. Very pale ruby with watery orange rim. Fragrant, elegant palate marked by oak. Quite tannic but perfect acidity. Perhaps a little lightweight. (WS)

15.5

Roddi. Mature-looking mid ruby. Lifted and expressive nose. Sweet dried fruit promises sped-up evolution, but has good overall balance, length and well-judged tannin. Mid term. (WS)

15.5

Grinzane Cavour. Pale brick-stone ruby. Quite sweet, developed dried-fruit nose with a hint of shoe polish and black tea. Attractive lightness on the palate. Ends on creamy fruit and big tannin. Not knit together yet. (WS)

15.5

Serralunga d’Alba. Deep ruby with orange tinge. Balsamic and herbal. Cardamon and fruit cake framed by persistent, stalky tannin. Sweet fruit finish. Straightforward. (WS)

15.5

Roddi d’Alba. Medium ruby with orange-tinged rim. Open knit and ripe with round, sweet mellow fruit palate. Not for the long haul, but consumer friendly and not without interest. (WS).

16

Serralunga d’Alba. Deep, maturing ruby with orange rim. Hay, hints of liquorice and lurking, hidden fruit. Seems old school in its dried-fruit spectrum, with massive but very impressive grainy tannin. (WS)

15

Serralunga d’Alba. Deep ruby with small orange rim. Rich dried-fruit nose. Same impression on the palate, accompanied by masses of dry tannin. (WS)

15

Grinzane Cavour. Maturing ruby with broad orange-tinged rim. Dusty sawn-oak nose and sweet candied fruit. Palate is rather simple at this stage and high acidity makes tannin look dry. (WS)