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2017 Barolo, Brunate, Marcarini, Piedmont, Italy

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Full Bodied
  • Nebbiolo
Ready - youthful
Walter Speller
17++/20
Antonio Galloni
91/100
James Suckling
96/100
Product: 20171101030
2017 Barolo, Brunate, Marcarini, Piedmont, Italy

Description

This wine is officially entitled to Riserva status due to its extended ageing in bottle, but it’s not labelled as such. It’s fabulously intense, compact and heady with the notes of a dry vintage: sage, white pepper, some mint, tobacco and liquorice. This isn’t a typical La Morra, but it’s from a great vineyard, with the svelte lines of the commune.

Drink 2028 - 2042

Mark Pardoe MW, Wine Director, Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2017
Maturity Ready - youthful
Grape List Nebbiolo
Body Full Bodied
Producer Marcarini

Critics reviews

Walter Speller 17++/20
La Morra. Just mid-ruby with orange tinges. Balsamic nose with great lift. Aromatic cherry and raspberry coulis with an undertow of nutmeg. Mouth-filling, layered sour-sweet cherry fruit with bags and bags of chewy tannins. Long, precise and deep but far from ready.Drink 2026 - 2038Walter Speller, JancisRobinson.com (July 2022)
Drink 2026 - 2038
Walter Speller, JancisRobinson.com (Jul 2022)
Antonio Galloni 91/100
The 2017 Barolo Brunate shows the signatures of a warm, dry vintage in its slightly forward profile. Dried cherry, cedar, spice, tobacco and dried flowers are all nicely mellowed by the conditions of the year. There is good freshness, but I would not push my luck on aging. The 2017 is already pretty much ready to go.Drink 2022 - 2032antonio_galloni, Vinous.com.com (February 2022)
Drink 2026 - 2038
Antonio Galloni, Vinous.com (Feb 2022)
James Suckling 96/100
This is a powerful red with a full body and lots of dried fruit, walnuts, smoke and dried flowers. Asphalt and tar, too. It’s full and very layered with round, chewy tannins and a rich finish. Needs time to soften and open.Try after 2024james_suckling, jamessuckling_com (March 2021)
Drink 2026 - 2038
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com (Mar 2021)

About this wine

Nebbiolo

Nebbiolo is the grape behind the Barolo and Barbaresco wines and is hardly ever seen outside the confines of Piedmont. It takes its name from "nebbia" which is Italian for fog, a frequent phenomenon in the region.
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Marcarini

Few views in Barolo can compete with the one from Marcarini’s terrace in La Morra. Encompassing most of the region’s communes and vineyards, one only has to look south-east to see Barolo’s modest size, cradled in the Italian Alps. It is fitting that Marcarini occupies this prime location; the winery is built underneath La Morra’s medieval watchtower, a signpost to the Marchetti family cantina that’s visible across the region.
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