Azelia

Barolo, San Rocco, 2018

Name: Barolo, San Rocco
Brand: Azelia
Price: 506.42 GBP

92/100

The Wine Independent

88/100

Vinous

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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

Deep, earthy and peppery; closed but full-bodied; big and brooding. Compact dark hedgerow fruit, cool earth and a hint of mocha. Dense and tight wound, this is one of the more backward 18s we tasted and needs to be left in peace for a good decade before being approached. An Azelia monopole San Rocco is a top notch Serralunga vineyard that faces south and southwest, where the soils are practically 100% clay, a very hard compact grey clay. The vines are 70 years old. Aged exclusively in large oak botti for two years.

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Critic Reviews

92/100

Susan Hulme,

The Wine Independent

The 2018 Azelia Barolo San Rocco is a fairly deep ruby color, with slight coconut oak top notes. It has well-integrated oak spice and firm tannins which are closing down the fruit at the moment. It feels very ambitious and a little austere with a tannic density - a very muscular style but just a little impenetrable at the moment.

drinking window 2024 - 2037

date of review 07/2022

88/100

Antonio Galloni,

Vinous

The 2018 Barolo San Rocco is graced with pretty red berry fruit, orange peel, flowers and white pepper. There is fine balance and plenty of delineation, but the San Rocco is decidedly understated and quiet, as so many Barolos are in 2018. It's hard to look past the short, abrupt finish.

drinking window 2021 - 2028

date of review 02/2022

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