2008 Azelia "San Rocco" Barolo
SKU #1452024
95 points
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2008 Barolo San Rocco bursts from the glass with an exciting melange of dark fruit, mocha, tar, smoke and licorice. The San Rocco is much more full-bodied and overtly intense than the Margheria in what is a very classic expression of this Serralunga site. Dark fruit, smoke, licorice and tar wrap around the building, muscular finish. In 2008 the San Rocco is big, dark and flat-out delicious. (AG)
(4/2012)
93 points
James Suckling
A solid wine with dried dark fruits, hints of rosemary and other spices. Full with lots of of well-integrated tannins and a pleasantly chewy tannin mouthfeel. Outstanding length.
(7/2012)
93 points
Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar
Good medium red. Ripe aromas of red cherry, cinnamon and minerals. At once silky and firm, with intense inner-mouth floral perfume to its dark fruit and mineral flavors. Compellingly sweet, dense wine that needs at least several more years in bottle to reveal its inherent complexity. Tannins are quite suave for a Serralunga Barolo. (ST)
(11/2011)
93 points
Wine Spectator
A distinctive mint aroma leads off, with flavors of cherry, balsamic, mineral and tobacco unfolding on the palate. Linear in profile, showing fine intensity, balance and a fine aftertaste of cherry and mineral. Will require a few years to unwind. (BS)
(11/2012)