Barolo, Margheria, 2013

Name: Barolo, Margheria
Brand: Azelia
Price: 1020.65 GBP

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justerini & brooks tasting note

Charming, fine blueberry and dark hedgerow fruit aromas, similarly attractive fruit on the palate joined by complex herbal notes and a distinctively fine, smooth, chalky minerality. Dark, suave but vivid flavours with a twist of salt. A barolo of character, presence but great purity and elegance, too. A prime south and south west facing 55 year old plot in the Serralunga d'Alba commune planted on white clay and limestone soils. Aged in the traditional way, for 28 months in large slavonian oak casks - "botti."

critic reviews

94/100Monica Larner,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

This vineyard is located in Serralunga d'Alba, where the soils are rich with clay and limestone. Vines are 50 years old, on average. The 2013 Barolo Margheria is a terrific wine with broad shoulders and a fully loaded, exuberant personality. The bouquet is dark and gristly in places with aromas of dark cherry followed by smoked bacon fat and cured tobacco. These are classic characteristics of this vineyard site, and they come through with absolute clarity in this classic vintage. There is a pronounced mineral note of campfire ash and pencil shaving as well.

DRINKING WINDOW 2018 - 2030

date of review 08/2017

95/100Antonio Galloni,Vinous

The 2013 Barolo Margheria shows its typically high-toned, aromatic profile. Scents of lavender, sage, mint, leather and earthiness meld into a core of dark stone fruits. Veins of bright acidity and salinity give the flavors an extra kick of brightness on the finish. The relatively high-altitude of this site and the limestone-rich soils yield a brilliant, salivating Barolo. The Margheria was aged in cask.

DRINKING WINDOW 2020 - 2033

date of review 02/2017