2020 Giovanni Rosso "Serra" Barolo
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$149.99
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Jeb Dunnuck
Reviewed May 2024Open and inviting, the ruby red 2020 Barolo Serra has a lovely, ripe bouquet boasting notes of raspberry liqueur, fresh apricots, pressed roses, and sweet herbs. This moves seamlessly to the palate, which is equally pure and elegant, with fine tannins and a long finish. This beautiful wine is absolutely impossible to resist now but will have a wide drinking window over the next 10-15 years. (AF)
Professional Reviews
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James Suckling
A very pale ruby color is supported by a complex, layered nose with rhubarb, earthy strawberries, red currants, violets and cinnamon. Full of sucrosity on the palate, it shows good concentration, a medium body, refreshing acidity, fine-tuned dusty tannins and a polished finish. Cherry pit and floral aftertaste. A stylish wine with cellaring potential but also ready to drink. Drink or hold. (AF)
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Wine Advocate
The Giovanni Rosso 2020 Barolo Serra comes from a beautiful panoramic amphitheater of vines. This wine has an etched and vertical quality that you recognize in its lifted bouquet. Sweet cherry and plum are folded into riper aromas of blackberry coulis and raspberry tart. The tannins are quite elegant and firm, and the wine offers very good length and lasting freshness. (ML)
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Vinous
The 2020 Barolo Serra is a nervy, taut Serralunga Barolo. White pepper, chalk, mint, dried flowers, crushed rocks and orange peel drive through a core of red-toned fruit, adding brightness and tension throughout. Readers who enjoy tense, salivating Barolos will find plenty of those qualities here. Pretty floral overtones brighten the finish nicely. (AG)
Notes
Giovanni Rosso's 2020 Serra Barolo is a separate Nebbiolo bottling from Serralunga d'Alba. The family acquired its holding in 1946, and subsequent replantings have renewed the vines. The producer identifies Serra as one of the commune's higher vineyard areas, with differences in altitude and sunlight across the slope. Canopy management and thinning are adjusted from one section to another.
Details
| Type | Red Wine |
|---|---|
| Varietal | Nebbiolo |
| Origin | Barolo, Piedmont, Italy |
| Bottle Size | 750 mL |
| SKU | 1958102 |
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