2020 Barolo Villero
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Youthful ruby red, the 2020 Barolo Villero is more lifted, spiced, and bright on the nose, with notes of menthol, pomegranate, blood orange zest, and clove spice. Medium-bodied, it’s spritely and well-balanced, with snappy lift and fine dusty tannins. It’s more citrus-toned on the palate, with good length that tapers away slowly, and it has more nervous energy. Of the wines in this vintage, this is going to be one with some aging potential and worth holding onto a couple years before cracking into it. Drink 2025-2035.
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Jeb Dunnuck
William Kelley (Robert Parker)
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The Poderi Luigi Einaudi 2020 Barolo Villero shows signs of the hot growing season with ripe aromas of blackcurrant, dried tobacco leaf, rusty nail and bouillon cube in silver foil. The wine shows nice complexity, and the tannins are young but ripe from a phenolic perspective. There is sweet fruit, but ultimately, the Villero requires more bottle age. Only 3,300 bottles were made.
Just bottled, the 2020 Barolo Villero presents gorgeous spice, leather and savory notes. Fruit lies more in the background, as is often the case with wines from this cru. The 2020 shows good depth and plenty of persistence, both of which should help it develop nicely over the coming years. This has real grip, especially on the finish.
Castiglione Falletto. Palish ruby. A nose chock-full of stony, minerally notes with brooding raspberry fruit with a dusting of liquorice. Elegant mid-palate weight and with embryonic, succulent red fruit on the finish over a rich layer of fine tannins. Pretty much gorgeous. (WS)