Giacomo Fenocchio Castellero Barolo DOCG, Piedmont, Italy

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點(diǎn)擊次數(shù)：931

Notes of raspberries, ground spices, bergamot and nutmeg with some dry earth undertones. Medium-bodied with a ripe and meaty tannin structure. Velvety and taut with an attractive berry fruit core. Lingering, juicy finish. Try from 2026.

A release of about 4,000 bottles, Giacomo Fenocchio's 2017 Barolo Castellero draws its fruit from a west-facing slope in the village of Barolo at the heart of the appellation that bears its name. The personality of this wine is easy and accessible, and the bouquet makes a simple presentation of dried cherry and simple fruit aromas. These are backed by some mild tones of earth and spice. The wine shows easy intensity and medium length.

The 2016 Barolo Castellero extends over the palate with deep, dark intensity. This wine, with fruit sourced from the comune of Barolo, delivers dark berry nuances, medium richness and extraction with an almost full-bodied approach. The bouquet is presented with panoramic intensity in which you see the big picture but skip over the smaller details and nuances. The wine concludes on a firm tannic end note.

The 2014 Barolo Castellero offers a mixed bouquet with moments of candy-like intensity and other moments of tangy balsam herb. The awkward assembly of those aromas is not seamless. In the mouth, this wine offers a much richer, broader and flatter texture than you might expect. This tasted like a hot vintage Barolo from a cool year. Like the other cru expressions, this wine fermented on the skins for a long 40-day period.

With long maceration times (up to 40 days), the wines of Giacomo Fenocchio show power and opulence across this set of new releases. The 2013 Barolo Castellero is one of the most expressive of the bunch. The wine shows a higher degree of ripeness with red and darkly saturated fruit flavors. There is even a touch of sweetness here to back up that thesis. This is the most accessible and immediate of the estate's single-vineyard expressions. This is a good near-term option to drinking within the next ten years.