March 22, 2024 - Since 1978 it is made as a single vineyard ‘Grand Cru’. Ripe and big Barolo full of rich and lush aromas and flavours. Deep garnet colour, bric rim. Intense complex aroma of dried smoky roses, smoke, dried meat, dusty cherries, dry earth, tar, smoky plums, licorice, new leather. Full body, concentrated and powerful structure, ripe and deep multilayered smoky red fruits, earth, chocolate, high acidity, grippy fine and sticky tannins.
September 13, 2023 - A big modern Barolo. I guess any evaluation of this wine reflects if you like this style of wine. This might not be my favourite, but its really great anyway.
Rose petals, tar, spices and black fruit on the seductive nose. Rich and full bodied palate also with a lot of licorice and sweet fruit. An amazing long finish. A little too much dryness, but better with a little air.
August 27, 2023 - Surprisingly youthful for a 19-y-old wine, this single-vineyard Barolo is a block-buster. Decanted. Med+ ruby w/ a garnet rim. Dark for a Barolo. Med+ black cherry, blackberry, red cherry, red flowers, and mocha and new French oak spice. Dry, with med+ acidity, med+ to pronounced tannins and high (14.5%) alcohol. Full-bodied, w/ med+ to pronounced flavor intensity and length. Still a baby, it will benefit from a decant and many additional years of aging. Modern stylings. WS 95
July 27, 2023 - In the context of more traditional Barolo, this showed too much oak and extraction. The sort of wine I'd have to be in the mood for. Judgment reserved.
January 4, 2023 - Bouquet of berries masked by rubbery, tarry elements, a bit of flowers. Nice palate, balanced sweetness and acidity, a bit stern on the finish, still coarse with some tannins improving second and third night. A bit clunky as Scavino is in the 2000s, but enjoyable and slowly getting to a fully mature stage.
December 4, 2022 - Gut, aber keine 100% perfekte Flasche
November 21, 2022 - Still has lots of acidity and tannins but has lost alot of the fruit. Dried red cherry, tar, old worn leather, tobacco, and dried rose petals.
November 1, 2022 - Growing strong . Somewhat modern, but well made. In a nice place. Tannic structure is nice not drying and the wood receded . Pop and pour, no decant!!! Wine toughens with time
October 28, 2022 - Couleur sombre, nez poivré, floral, beurre, alcool un peu dominant, herbes fraiches, en bouche agrumes, prunes, très présent, plein, complexe, encore tannique, très belle longueur.
October 26, 2022 - Rose, red cherry, earth and spice notes on the nose. Got more aromatic over the course of two hours with floral notes becoming more noticeable and adding tar to the earth/leather/spices. Between medium and full bodied (14.5% ABV) and quite rounded and accessible upfront (even upon opening) with a mix of red cherry and red berries. The wine is predominantly red fruit-based but does bring in some deeper notes as well as distinct black cherry through the middle. After an hour open, the fruit through the mid-body is silky and elegant, showing plenty of nuance and depth. Fine grained tannins and acidity are neatly integrated with the fruit on the backside and the wine finishes with elegance; minerals, earth and balanced spices through the finish. Overall, this wine was drinking quite well with the red and black cherry notes showed complexity but remained in balance with the structural qualities. Should be able to maintain this level over the next few years. (Restaurant/winebar Fuoro 51; Sorrento, Italy)