Tasting Notes
Antonio Galloni 95
What a delight it is to taste Oddero’s 2018 Barolo Brunate. A glorious wine, the Oddero Brunate is one of the very few wines in this vintage that possesses real mid-palate depth and notable textural intensity. It is the smallest production wine here. I imagine that the slightly smaller cask used for this wine was an advantage in giving the 2018 a bit of extra flesh that is missing in this vintage. What impresses me most about the 2018, though, is its freshness and the primary intensity of the fruit. Iron, smoke, tobacco, dried herbs, chalk and a whole range of savory accents develop over time, rounding things out in style. What a wine!
Anticipated maturity: 2028-2058
JancisRobinson.com 17+
La Morra. Youthful mid ruby. Proper fresh, perfumed fruit on the nose, which this vintage sometimes lacks a little. Pure and concentrated on the palate and elegant at the same time, with firm, chewy tannins that demand more time. Long and precise even if the tannins are pretty stubborn right now. (WS)
Anticipated maturity: 2024-2034
