Community Tasting Note
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Robmcl920 Likes this wine: 93 points
August 23, 2022 - The '15 Perno Riserva is super distinctive, like every wine I've had from Elio Sandri. It's so old school and you can figure that out from the first whiff. Especially for a 2015, it's a bit on the savory side, and it has a hint of oxidation and a lot of leather / rustic notes on the palate. A very enjoyable wine as long as you know what you're getting yourself into.
On the nose, I found iron, dried red roses, blood orange peel, mint, and red cherry. On the palate, I found it to be a medium-to-light bodied wine with medium to high acidity, with medium to high tannins that are going to need a while to integrate. I found iron, leather, dried red rose, and a touch of fruit (blood orange and red cherry) on the palate, with leather and blood orange peel notes on the finish.
While the '15 Perno Riserva is a very good wine, and I have a small sample size tasting these wines, I think I
prefer what Perno achieved in the cooler vintages - the 2013 Riserva is spectacular, and the 2014 Perno was also very impressive.
Update: The wine showed better later after being open for the day. The fruit actually started to pop a bit more, showing more of the fresh red cherry upfront, while the savory elements like iron and dried rose were more secondary. On the palate, the wine showed more sweetness and more fruit. I don’t often find young Barolo to improve with air, but this was an outlier (I’ve found something similar with other Perno wines). I upgraded my score to 93.3 people found this helpful 2,216 views