With only 30 minutes of air, this isn't showing much in the way of fruit. Nose of black cherries, dried pine needles, underbrush and spice. Medium-bodied, this has light flavors of black cherry, pine, pressed flowers and autumn leaves. Will revisit after more air.
Later: This is still dry and lacking much charm, but moderately complex and correct. Drink now-2026 90
My last bottle of this was about two years ago. Not an off bottle as it was delicious but fairly advanced. Brownish color with secondary notes emerging. Still plenty of tannin and acid but packing brightness. Plums, brown sugar, mineral, caramel, aged leather and wet earth.
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Delicious Barolo from a steep, east-facing MGA vineyard near Serralunga d'Alba. Clean, complex, with M+ tart red fruit, ripe plum, roses, medicinal herbs, espresso and a fair amount of oak spice. Dry, with nice fruit, M+ acidity, M+ tannins and high alcohol (14.5%). Full-bodied and broad-shouldered yet very well balanced, with intense flavors and a long finish. Would benefit from a decant or even a few more years to show its best. Should last indefinitely thanks to its structure and the excellence of this vintage.
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Rock hard structure and tannins here that need quite a few more years to breakdown. Drank over the course of two days and didn’t budge much. Beautifully expressive nose of truffle, leather, cherry and rose leads into a tart mineral dominated palate. Doable with food but not a ton of pleasure at this stage. Upward potential for a few more points but for now the nose it’s the draw.
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Lifted, with sweet cherry, wild flower, and menthol. Significant power to the dark fruited flavors but the lifted personality gives a sense of early accessibility. Drink starting 2023.
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Nose: gobs of sweet cherry raspberry jam, some rosewood, faint cedar / wood spice
Palate: sweet red cherry, red plum, some black cherry. Background of non-obtrusive dark oak.
Structure: very slight cinnamon heat, fine drying tannin and a lengthy finish of cherry fruit.
This is a well balanced wine packed with red cherry sap (leaning dark, but not black). Despite the sweetness it is not overripe. I would like to try this again down the road to better understand how the fruit/ripeness evolves. I would have liked to try the 2015 against this, to better understand how the wine would perform in a hotter year (would it become overripe/candied?). Conversely, the 2014 Baudana I felt was lacking ripeness. I think if the the Baudana or Baudana Cerretta hit a better balance (for my palate) in 2016 they both could be 95s...
Redder fruited than the Baudana. Roses and balsam, and a little sweet tart. Sap and beautiful texture. Expansive palate with spice and menthol. Structured and fantastic balance.
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The nose was spicy, with sweet florals and minerals, tart cherry, wild berry, and brown spices. Over time it became more polished and dark fruited, yet never losing it’s mineral thrust. On the palate, it was dark yet lifted and fresh with notes of wild herbs, blackberry and gruff tannin. Drying over time with youthful tannin, the finish was long and structured, only hinting at fruit. The cerretta will require many years in the cellar to show its best.
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4/16/2024 - WineGuyX wrote: 90 Points
With only 30 minutes of air, this isn't showing much in the way of fruit. Nose of black cherries, dried pine needles, underbrush and spice. Medium-bodied, this has light flavors of black cherry, pine, pressed flowers and autumn leaves. Will revisit after more air.
Later: This is still dry and lacking much charm, but moderately complex and correct. Drink now-2026 90
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7/21/2022 - MAXIMUM SATISFACTION wrote: 93 Points
My last bottle of this was about two years ago. Not an off bottle as it was delicious but fairly advanced. Brownish color with secondary notes emerging. Still plenty of tannin and acid but packing brightness. Plums, brown sugar, mineral, caramel, aged leather and wet earth.
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9/13/2021 - TannicBeast Likes this wine: 93 Points
Delicious Barolo from a steep, east-facing MGA vineyard near Serralunga d'Alba. Clean, complex, with M+ tart red fruit, ripe plum, roses, medicinal herbs, espresso and a fair amount of oak spice. Dry, with nice fruit, M+ acidity, M+ tannins and high alcohol (14.5%). Full-bodied and broad-shouldered yet very well balanced, with intense flavors and a long finish. Would benefit from a decant or even a few more years to show its best. Should last indefinitely thanks to its structure and the excellence of this vintage.
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2/14/2021 - MAXIMUM SATISFACTION wrote: 93 Points
Rock hard structure and tannins here that need quite a few more years to breakdown. Drank over the course of two days and didn’t budge much. Beautifully expressive nose of truffle, leather, cherry and rose leads into a tart mineral dominated palate. Doable with food but not a ton of pleasure at this stage. Upward potential for a few more points but for now the nose it’s the draw.
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11/1/2019 - rlove wrote: 92 Points
Lifted, with sweet cherry, wild flower, and menthol. Significant power to the dark fruited flavors but the lifted personality gives a sense of early accessibility. Drink starting 2023.
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9/9/2019 - SARED Likes this wine: 93 Points
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Nose: gobs of sweet cherry raspberry jam, some rosewood, faint cedar / wood spice
Palate: sweet red cherry, red plum, some black cherry. Background of non-obtrusive dark oak.
Structure: very slight cinnamon heat, fine drying tannin and a lengthy finish of cherry fruit.
This is a well balanced wine packed with red cherry sap (leaning dark, but not black). Despite the sweetness it is not overripe. I would like to try this again down the road to better understand how the fruit/ripeness evolves. I would have liked to try the 2015 against this, to better understand how the wine would perform in a hotter year (would it become overripe/candied?). Conversely, the 2014 Baudana I felt was lacking ripeness. I think if the the Baudana or Baudana Cerretta hit a better balance (for my palate) in 2016 they both could be 95s...
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5/10/2018 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Vajra & Baudana Barolo Dinner (Ai Fiori (Langham Hotel on 5th Ave)): This was an interesting wine. There's almost a grittiness to it, but in a very smooth way (which sounds like an oxymoron I know). There's red plum and maybe a bit of olive. Very nice.
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10/3/2017 - indiscriminate palate wrote:
Jancis Robinson 2013 Barolo Night (Tribeca Grill, NYC): Plums, tar, dried flowers, on the dark complexioned nose. Not overly complex at this point, but very nicely balanced. Good. [=+]
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5/7/2017 - cct wrote: 95 Points
With Francesca
Redder fruited than the Baudana. Roses and balsam, and a little sweet tart. Sap and beautiful texture. Expansive palate with spice and menthol. Structured and fantastic balance.
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2/8/2017 - Eric Guido Likes this wine: 94 Points
The nose was spicy, with sweet florals and minerals, tart cherry, wild berry, and brown spices. Over time it became more polished and dark fruited, yet never losing it’s mineral thrust. On the palate, it was dark yet lifted and fresh with notes of wild herbs, blackberry and gruff tannin. Drying over time with youthful tannin, the finish was long and structured, only hinting at fruit. The cerretta will require many years in the cellar to show its best.
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