Nose: It took a little bit to get going, but when it did, the nose was deep and perfumed with flowing tones of licorice, red cherries, strawberries, raspberries, spice, herbs, rose petals, violets, poppy fields, wild flowers, earth, juniper berries, and crushed rocks.
Taste: The feel is full bodied with tart, high acidity and silky, but youthful high tannins. The structure shows a good amount of youth, but it isn’t overpowering. There is a silkiness to the feel backed up with licorice, red cherries, strawberries, raspberries, herbs, rose petals, juniper berries, wild flowers, violets, and some crushed rocks.
Overall: This is a gorgeous, young Barolo. This shows off more of a floral take to it with a bit of nuance and a whole lot of elegance. There is good depth on the nose and palate with delicious red fruits. Right now, this is relatively open for drinking and can certainly age a lot longer.
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Tasted at the Barolo and Barbaresco World Opening Tasting Event in NYC. Very rich and layered but soft and more early drinking like many of the 2015 Baroli I tasted today.
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Thanksgiving week in Piemonte; 11/22/2019-11/30/2019 (Milan, Barolo, Alba, Barbaresco): Tasted at the winery. Sarmassa is in a slightly warmer microclimate. 2 years in large used oak barrels. Very pretty nose of dark berries and flowers. This is much darker in color than the Cannubi. On the palate more dark cherry and earth with grippy tannins on the finish. Will improve with five years of cellaring.
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Range of Brezza Current Releases (Dig Wines, San Francisco): Slightly deeper color than the normale. More licorice aromas. Darker, more forbidding fruit but still a nice sense of ripeness and sweetness. Chewy, earthy, quite tannic finish that builds and lends a good amount of grip. Needs 5+ years.
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4/12/2024 - carstenf wrote: 91 Points
Well made Barolo from Brezza. Mature now , if you like them young. Spicy and rose.
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9/14/2020 - KeithAkers wrote: 92 Points
Nose: It took a little bit to get going, but when it did, the nose was deep and perfumed with flowing tones of licorice, red cherries, strawberries, raspberries, spice, herbs, rose petals, violets, poppy fields, wild flowers, earth, juniper berries, and crushed rocks.
Taste: The feel is full bodied with tart, high acidity and silky, but youthful high tannins. The structure shows a good amount of youth, but it isn’t overpowering. There is a silkiness to the feel backed up with licorice, red cherries, strawberries, raspberries, herbs, rose petals, juniper berries, wild flowers, violets, and some crushed rocks.
Overall: This is a gorgeous, young Barolo. This shows off more of a floral take to it with a bit of nuance and a whole lot of elegance. There is good depth on the nose and palate with delicious red fruits. Right now, this is relatively open for drinking and can certainly age a lot longer.
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2/4/2020 - oldwines Likes this wine: 91 Points
Tasted at the Barolo and Barbaresco World Opening Tasting Event in NYC. Very rich and layered but soft and more early drinking like many of the 2015 Baroli I tasted today.
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11/30/2019 - retired_and_roving Likes this wine:
Thanksgiving week in Piemonte; 11/22/2019-11/30/2019 (Milan, Barolo, Alba, Barbaresco): Tasted at the winery. Sarmassa is in a slightly warmer microclimate. 2 years in large used oak barrels. Very pretty nose of dark berries and flowers. This is much darker in color than the Cannubi. On the palate more dark cherry and earth with grippy tannins on the finish. Will improve with five years of cellaring.
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9/6/2019 - drwine2001 wrote:
Range of Brezza Current Releases (Dig Wines, San Francisco): Slightly deeper color than the normale. More licorice aromas. Darker, more forbidding fruit but still a nice sense of ripeness and sweetness. Chewy, earthy, quite tannic finish that builds and lends a good amount of grip. Needs 5+ years.
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