Community Tasting Note
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Robmcl920 Likes this wine: 98 points
June 1, 2020 - The nose is dark in profile but also very fresh and inviting, with primarily black cherry complemented by blue-toned fruit, baking spices, and a hint of licorice lifted up by cool aromas of menthol and a bit of fresh herbs. It is quite a unique but very pleasing combination of aromas for a young Barolo. On the palate, the wine shows significant density and power but also great finesse, with a creamy texture and fine-grained tannin, showing greater elegance and appearing more cohesive from start to finish in the early going than the rest of the 2016 Vietti lineup. The palate is a bit shut down in comparison to the nose in this showing, but reveals a kaleidoscope of fruit tones from blue to black as I found on the nose and also purple tones. Baking spices and floral notes round out the flavor profile along with a salty minerality that invites another taste.
The Rocche is my favorite of the Vietti lineup this year and is one of the more compelling young wines I've ever tasted. The nose is unique and has this X-factor, a level of exoticism that for me lifts it into the stratosphere. On the palate, it is perfectly in balance and powerful yet finessed, and it appears to have no defined beginning or end, as it glides across the tongue seamlessly.2 people found this helpful 4,862 views
2 Comments
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SARED commented:
6/1/20, 5:37 PM - Where is the Ravera note!
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Robmcl920 commented:
6/1/20, 5:41 PM - Ha, unfortunately I didn't take a note on it. Only past 1.5 months or so I've gotten disciplined about trying to write a note every time I taste a wine and that one was tasted right before. At a high level I recall it being more red fruited than the darker fruit profile of the Rocche (and the Brunate), a bit more intensity and pure energy on the palate but not quite the creaminess, seamlessness that this Rocche showed. I recall enjoying the wine a lot, but it did not blow me away in quite the way that the Rocche did.