2009 Barolo Sarmassa
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Tasting notes
Fresh and open. Red cherries with rose and violets and more of an herbaceous nature than the others with earthy tobacco, menthol and sweet spice. Chewy tannins and slightly crunchy. The finish is long with rose lingering.
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Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
Jancis Robinson MW
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Racy nose with great lift. Fruity start – quite early appeal. Easy to like even now. Cuddly and friendly. (JR)
Good bright medium red. Strawberry and a flinty note on the nose. Rich, ripe and fairly open-knit for young Barolo, but with good power nonetheless. Shows sexy early sweetness to the plush red fruit and complex earth flavors. This fruit bomb of a Barolo finishes with sweet tannins and lovely length. From clay-rich soil.
Commune of Barolo. Just mid ruby with watery orange rim. Earthy at first, then fine sweet strawberry fruit. Concentrated but elegant and firmly tannic. Long fruit finish and still a little tough at the moment. (WS)