Barolo, San Rocco, 2005
A first class single vineyard from the Serralunga commune whose wines are very distinct from those of Bricco Fiasco, showing this zone’s tell-tale signs of liquorice, spice and dark fruits. The 2005 is bold, classic stuff, sturdy but showing great balance too, rich bramble and black cherry fruits, strong flavours of dark chocolate with a high cocoa percentage, there is significantly more structure here than the other Crus but this is far from unwieldy so smothered is it in fruit, whilst the acids are fresh and lively. A blockbuster.
critic reviews
The 2005 Barolo San Rocco offers lovely immediacy, but next to Azelia's other 2005s, it comes across as a bit flat and one-dimensional. Still, all things considered, the 2005 has aged well and appears to have enough pedigree to drink well for another decade or so. The flavors are dark, bold and incisive, with plenty of new French oak influence. The San Rocco was aged in French oak barrels of which around 30% were new.