Giuseppe Rinaldi Barolo Brunate 2017 Magnum

Wine Enthusiast: It'll need a few minutes in the glass but then this stunning wine takes flight, revealing enticing scents of wild berries, violet and camphor. The palate is still youthfully austere, delivering red cherry, blood orange, licorice and dark baking spice and a hint of tobacco set against firm but well integrated tannins. It has great energy and youthful tension. 98/100 (2021)

Falstaff: Aufhellendes, leuchtendes Granatrot. Duftige und fein gezeichnete Nase nach Tee, Granatapfel, Rosenblättern und etwas Himbeere. Feinmaschiges, überaus geschliffenes Tannin am Gaumen, öffnet sich in vielen Schichten, spannt einen weiten Bogen, Eleganz und Druck. 98/100 (2021)

Parker: Keeping in line with the personality of the vintage, the 2017 Barolo Brunate is open and deeply expressive on first nose, with inviting waves of dark fruit, pressed violet, rust and licorice that add considerably to the lifted intensity of the bouquet. This Brunate puts its power and its deep, inner elegance right out there for you to enjoy. However, it also promises better things to those willing to wait for the wine to complete its bottle evolution over the coming decades. The palate is delicately lean, but long and polished, with important tannic fiber at the back. The 2017 growing season offered no moisture during the hottest weeks of summer, yet these tenacious grapevines and their extended root systems found a way to survive and thrive. 95/100 (2021)