2021 Barbaresco Ovello Vigna Loreto
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The Ovello MGA opens to a big horizon overlooking the Tanaro River valley. For that reason, this cru site is usually characterized by slightly higher temperatures and more humidity. The Albino Rocca 2021 Barbaresco Ovello Vigna Loreto (with fruit from 50-year-old vines) is slightly timid compared to the other wines in this portfolio. I'd suggest giving it more time in bottle in order to flesh out those aromas of dark fruit and licorice. Only 2,900 bottles were made.
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Monica Larner, Wine Advocate
Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
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The 2021 Barbaresco Ovello Vigna Loreto is powerful and explosive in the glass. A rush of wild red cherry, spice, kirsch, menthol, rose petals and incense races across the palate. Deep, savory and intensely mineral, the 2021 is magnificent. Readers will find a wine of stature and pure breeding. Superb.
Barbaresco. Just mid ruby. Spice, saline notes and brooding red fruit on the nose. The longer it sits in the glass, the more perfumed it becomes. Concentrated, aromatic raspberry fruit with succulent acidity while the polished tannins add a firm grip to the finish. Elegance is key, though. (WS)