January 14, 2024 - Cherry, tar, flowers and a little menthol. Decanted two hours and was a great match with osso bucco.
December 3, 2023 - 3rd of 8. 14% abv. The nose is lovely on this - quite floral, with rich anise. On the palate, for the first 2 hours, the wine drank easily, with fresh fruit and mild tannins (for Barolo) - everything nicely in balance, but with a fairly quick finish. As the night went on, the tannins started to show themselves, lengthening the finish, but in a drying way. There is lovely fresh fruit, and great purity to this wine though. I am happy to have 5 more and I think these will drink beautifully over the next decade+. It's great with food.
June 2, 2023 - This is in a nice spot assuming you don't mind tannins - they are still massive and somewhat overwhelming. But, there is nice fruit present and the wine is showing lovely anise qualities on the nose and palate. Very little bricking in color. The finish is long. This is best with food, but should continue to age well for another decade or so.
April 19, 2023 - Drinking well right now, though it was served warmer than ideal: saturated cherry, a touch of floral lift and tar. Quite full-bodied on the palate with some chunkiness to the tannins- not profound but enjoyable all the same
March 4, 2022 - Since its release, Oddero's 2014 Barolo classico has always been special to me, sort of a favorite of the vintage. While I still like the early appeal & balance a lot, after almost 4 years I can definitely say that this has the juice and structure to be a long distance runner too. All the Villero fruit of the 2014 vintage is in here as well as some Vigna Rionda (younger vines). The showing is all classic, but in a distinct coolish-etheral way, which evokes an interweaved elegance, especially when the wine gets some air in the glass. Translucent, both in the color and bouquet. Lilting, this 2014 presents a lifted fruit (red with a blueish touch) with red plum, wild strawberries, pressed flowers, lavender, iris, chalk and also a mild zesty facet with spice and some laurel in the aftertaste. Harmonious in the entire drinking flow, especially when it comes to the polished tannins and supporting acidity. A fully captivating, gorgeous 2014 Barolo that I will happily follow with my remaining bottles.
February 6, 2022 - Tasted over Coravin for the last couple of days, maybe 2 weeks...
A bit veggie on the nose first, sign of the vintage, fragrant, smoky, refined... It remains one of the most delicate wine of the area...
palate is a bit tight with still closed tannins, salty and drinkable still... very elegant wine, much our style in fine :) lacks a bit of depth and complexity but who cares when it is that fragrant and enjoyable
Perfect now... open
January 18, 2021 - Nice wine. Tannins still a bit rough. Beautiful high acidity. Nose is lovely - rose, cherry. Mouthfeel is a bit on the thin side, but not too bad. A really nice wine, not a blockbuster at this stage.
Days 2 and 3 update: Even better than on day 1 - it got better both days. Nose has opened up more. It no longer feels thin at all. Great wine.
December 20, 2020 - more tar this time and less open and expressive than the last bottle of this (which I had quite recently).
November 27, 2020 - Was and remained the most perfumed, beautiful of the bunch. Ready from the start. '14 vintage is great to be drinking now.
November 26, 2019 - Pretty and perfumed, light and great drinking right now.