Azelia

Barolo, Cerretta, 2018

Name: Barolo, Cerretta
Brand: Azelia
Price: 558.32 GBP

94/100

The Wine Independent

87/100

Vinous

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2018
75cl
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2018
6x75cl
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£558.32

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

A lifting, fresh nose of aromatic red fruit and alpine herbs. Silkier than the sterner San Rocco, boasting sensual red berry and cherry fruit mixed with notes of wild herb, undergrowth, and a hint of salted blood orange. A charmer. 3000 bottles were made. The Azelias have one big block of 2.5ha here, but only 3500 bottles are produced as the Cru bottling. The wine is aged in one big barrel for 30 months. Most of the rest of the wine is declassified and blended into the Barolo. Originally, they rented the plot and they replanted it entirely while under rental agreement. They then bought ten years later. This was thirty years ago. It has been Luigi Scavino’s baby from start to finish. 2016 was the first vintage vinified separately. The soils are a blend of clay, limestone and chalk.

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Critic Reviews

94/100

Susan Hulme,

The Wine Independent

The 2018 Azelia Barolo Ceretta has lots of immediate spice cream top notes combined with very clean new oak and flower notes. On standing, iris aromas appear. It is medium-bodied and has a beautiful flowing texture and weight - some of that weightless quality that great wines have - and elegant and refined savory tannins. It doesn't have huge concentration but is very charming and seductive. It might need more mid-palate concentration but has a beautiful drinkability and ease with juicy freshness. Drink now to 15 years.

drinking window 2022 - 2037

date of review 07/2022

87/100

Antonio Galloni,

Vinous

No tasting notes available

drinking window 2023 - 2030

date of review 02/2022

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.