2018 Barolo Tre Tine
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Tasting notes
Aromas of sliced fresh strawberries, dark earth, bark and dried lavender. Some iron. Medium- to full-bodied with lots of fruit for Rinaldi and always an underlying sureness and precision. Chewy at the end from the pointed tannins, suggesting another three or four years will make it even better. Drink after 2027.
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Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
Jancis Robinson MW
More reviews and scores
The 2018 Barolo Tre Tine is elegant and long, with pure cherry fruit, star anise, and pine, and is refined with fine tannins and snappy acidity within a medium frame. Notes of wild berries, cedar, and spice open to reveal more complex layers within this very attractive and classically styled wine. Drink 2024-2044.
The 2018 Barolo Tre Tine is a super-classic wine. It reminds me so much of a wine Beppe Rinaldi might have made. Readers will find an austere, taut Barolo built on energy and tension more than primary fruit. It's the sort of Barolo that blossoms only with time in bottle. Spice, cedar, sweet pipe tobacco, dried cherry, macerated red cherry and anise start to open with a bit of coaxing. This is an intriguing wine, to say the least.
Barolo. Bottled in September 2021, which is later than most producers. Balsamic, multi-layered nose with sour cherry and cranberry and hints of garden herbs. Ripe raspberry fruit with perfectly integrated acidity. Aromatic fruit build-up on the finish with sweet crunchy tannins. Maintains impeccable elegance. (WS)
About the producer
Giuseppe Rinaldi is one of the most famous names in Piedmont, revered for producing staunchly traditional, highly collectable Nebbiolo wines.