2013 Scarzello Barolo Sarmassa Vigna Merenda

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 93 points

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  5/5/2021 - forceberry wrote: 94 Points

  The fruit is sourced from the Sarmassa Cru. Aged for 28-30 months in 2500-3000-liter botti casks. 14% alcohol.
  
  Quite deep and dark yet still rather translucent ruby red color with a slightly evolved maroon hue. Big, bold and rather sweetish nose with very ripe aromas of wizened black cherries, floral notes of crushed rose petals and dried flowers, some strawberry tones, a little bit of blackberry jam, light notes of dried figs and a hint of exotic spice. The wine is dense, quite concentrated and silky on the palate with a full body and rather dry flavors of dark forest fruits and ripe red cherries, some meaty umami, a little bit of exotic spice, light sweet notes of wizened strawberries, a hint of sour cherry bitterness and a touch of tobacco. The overall feel is muscular yet balanced, thanks to the rather high acidity and very ample yet ripe and powdery tannins that bring lots of firmness to the wine without making it too aggressive and angular. The finish is long, moderately bitter and rather grippy with long, savory flavors of tobacco, dark forest fruits, some earth, a little bit of meaty umami, light gravelly mineral tones, a hint of exotic spice and a sweeter touch of ripe red-toned fruit. The ample tannins make the wine end on a rather grippy note.
  
  A classically built, very balanced and thoroughly sophisticated Cru Barolo. Not perhaps the most distinctive effort, just so very old-school and harmonious in style - all the pieces are right there where they need to be. Although the wine is starting to show the very first signs of age, the overall feel is still rather tightly-wound and I get the impression that the wine really calls for quite a bit of further aging before it really begins to resolve. The nose led me to expect the wine was much bigger, sweeter and fruitier than it turned out to be - this is just wonderfully traditional, firm and savory. Excellent stuff - and will get better with age.

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  5/22/2019 - cct wrote: 93 Points

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  Savory and floral with ferrous notes, medicine cabinet like Ricola, fennel, cured meats, and roses. On the palate is is complex mix of floral, meaty, savory and tarry, darker fruit that has nice balance. Powerful, yet with great balance. there is licorice-anise on the back end and finishes with firm ripe tannins. 93

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  10/3/2017 - indiscriminate palate wrote:

  Jancis Robinson 2013 Barolo Night (Tribeca Grill, NYC): Elegant, light, low concentration. Pretty. OK.

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