The Rocche Dell’Annunziata cru in La Morra was apparently perfectly attuned to weather and growing conditions in 2012, as...
Mario Gagliasso, Barolo (Piedmont, Italy) 2012
I’ve been following the wines of this producer very closely since tasting the fantastic 2008 release from the Rocche...
Oddero, Barolo (Piedmont, Italy) 2012
This relatively large, notably traditional producer has enviable vineyard holdings…and really knows what to do with...
Vietti, Barolo (Piedmont, Italy) 2012
When tasting this blind in a lineup of 117 Barolos on May 11, 2016, I knew immediately that it was a wine from a great site and...
Negretti, Barolo (Piedmont, Italy) 2012
Strikingly earthy and savory in aroma, this is perhaps the single most immediately exciting young wine that I’ve ever...
Andrea Oberto, Barolo (Piedmont, Italy) 2012
I have admired this producer’s wines for years on end, but this is the first vintage in which I preferred this wine from...
Renato Ratti, Barolo (Piedmont, Italy) 2012
Pietro Ratti’s entry level Barolo is terrific yet again in 2012 -- as it has been in 2011 and 2010. It is easier on...
Paolo Manzone, Barolo (Piedmont, Italy) 2012
This designated cru wine from Serralunga standout Paolo Manzone is the one to buy from the 2012 vintage if you can afford the...
Giacomo Anselma, Barolo (Piedmont, Italy) 2012
This terrific wine from Giacomo Anselma is very impressive aromatically, with notes of ripe fruit beautifully intertwined with...
Michele Reverdito, Barolo (Piedmont, Italy) 2012
Barolo wines from Serralunga were particularly successful as a group in 2012, and this is a particularly impressive case in...
Broccardo, Barolo (Piedmont, Italy) 2012
A clear over-achiever at this level in the Barolo hierarchy (meaning, wines blended from fruit drawn from multiple villages...
Palladino, Barolo (Piedmont, Italy) 2012
The most famous wine from the Ornato cru in Serralunga is made by Pio Cesare, but in 2012 I found this rendering from Palladino...