2010 Giacomo Fenocchio Barolo Villero

Community Tasting Notes (44) Avg Score: 91.7 points

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  3/10/2024 - psi wrote: 90 Points

  Villero is still marked by wood. Bussia is a much better bargain in this vintage. Not sure that there is enough fruit in Villero to come around. 89-90

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  12/18/2023 - Radders12345 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Nose has a tangy red cherry, that cough linctus element I like. Lovely palate with a deep cherry element to it and good structure. Lovely but maybe not as exciting as it could have been.

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  12/18/2023 - fussyeater wrote:

  North & Central Italy offline (Terra Rossa, London N1): Sand dust and red fruit on the nose. Slightly grainy tannins but really delicious red fruit. Seemed youthful but lovely to drink now, although you could safely forget about it in the cellar. Double decanted 4 hours ahead.

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  12/18/2023 - Joshvoulters Likes this wine: 92 Points

  North & Central Italy (Terra Rossa): Fresh and pulpy with some VA. Tomato and umami depth, marmite, cola bottle sweets. A lightness of touch and high-toned character plays nicely against those deeper notes.

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  9/2/2023 - tim.o.joyce@gmail.com Does not like this wine: 87 Points

  I have tried to be patient with this wine after acquiring a case several years ago, knowing that Barolo can take many years of aging to show its best. However, although there is good underlying structure of wine including some pleasant fruit, I cannot quite get past the unpleasant dominance of tart tannins that became very unpleasant by the time I had finished the fully decanted bottle at the end of the evening. This has always been something I have struggled with in this wine and I had hoped that after 13 years we might finally get to enjoy something more rounded. Maybe another 10-15 years might do the trick, however I am not so sure given the current rate of improvement, and my lack of experience in holding wines for so long. Personally I don't mind holding wines for 10-15 years to enjoy at their peak - however significantly longer and I start to question the value proposition.

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