Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Located halfway up the hill dominating the principal valley of Barolo, supported by steep slopes lined by orderly vineyards, lies the 15th century Abbey of Annunziata. Deep Ruby with aromas of ripe berry fruits and pepper spice. On the palate flavors of cherry and strawberry, lively spice, well balanced with savory fine tannins on a medium+ finish ending with mineral character. — 25 days ago

Matthew Cohen

9.7

Effed up on pop and pour. Needs an hour. Then it’s Magic.

Nose: dusty pink roses. 90 minutes in - black truffles. Liquid sex.

Palate: sweet pink roses. Savory. Juicy. So good.

So distinctive. A must own.

Fass selections — 5 months ago

Jeremiah Diaz

9.2

Clear, pale ruby to garnet in color; on the nose, it's clean with medium intensity primary aromas of raspberries, cherries, and roses; on the palate, it's dry with high acidity, high tannins, medium alcohol, full body and pronounced primary flavors of cherry syrup, strawberries, and clay pots with a long finish. This wine is balanced and complex. Overall, I rate this wine as very good. — 5 months ago

with Nellie

Martijn

9.0

Big bold Barbera. Many of the colleague tasters placed it in Australia.
Nice effort! — 10 months ago

Andrew Schirmer

9.3

So pure, fresh as spring water. Totally get the tangerine on this. Beautiful mid-palate. Alpine. — 5 years ago

with Judy, Alsu and 1 other

Darren Stevens

8.9

Tim’s Wine Market $22 — 7 years ago

RobertoS

9.3

Still outstanding — 2 months ago

Marc Karetsky

9.4

Agree with Lyle. — 3 months ago

Guy Acheson

8.9

Pretty darn good. — 5 months ago

Paul Masson

9.2

More of a mid-weight, approachable vintage, not quite the highs of 2019, but a pleasure to drink, particularly after a day’s air — 7 months ago

Joan E Solsman

9.0

$7 at Astor and a staff pick touted as a “solid pizza sipper” — liked it enough to get again and pay better attention — 3 years ago

Benno

9.1

Fairly easy going as befits its La Morra origins. Mid-weight with perhaps a touch too much new oak, but otherwise ripe and ready to go. — 6 years ago

Cathy Levy

9.0

Cheers Renato... we keep you in our hearts. — 6 years ago

Jim Chen

9.2

Pale color belies its intensity. Enjoying a lovely dinner at Vue de Monde with renato and albane the sommelier. — 7 years ago

Lee Hoff

9.2

2021 vintage at NY Butcher Shop. Cherry flavors with soft finish. $80 — 2 months ago

Piper June

9.6

Delicious. Smokey raspberry, medium bodied, dry finish, leathery with a whiff of pepper. Buy buy buy again! — 3 months ago

with Seth

Jay Kline

9.3

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of a couple of hours. No formal notes due to the setting but yeah, this was pretty special from the beginning. I have long been a fan of Renato Ratti’s “Marscenasco” however Conca, the MGA for which they are most proud of, has been more modern in recent history, spending some time in French barrique (for the record, I lean traditionalist). On top of that, many 2009 Barolo’s have come across overblown to my palate. Yet this was sublime. Proving, once again that there is always something to learn. The fruit was 2009 powerful but balanced with acid and freshness. There was plenty tar and roses and all the tannin one should expect from Conca. Fabulous stuff. Drink now through 2044. — 5 months ago

Jay Kline

9.4

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of two days. Consistent both days but this needed at least 3 to 4 hours to really start to strut. Day 2 this kept pulling like a freight train with no stop in sight. The 2019 Classico pours a garnet color with a slightly orange tinge and a transparent core; medium+ viscosity with no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with powerful notes of ripe Morello cherry, roses, tar, new leather, dried sage, old wood and dry gravelly earth. On the palate, the wine is bone dry with high tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long. I will say again, this really benefits from serious patience and air, but this is a beautiful Classico that has a very long life ahead. Drink now through 2059+. — 8 months ago

Pablo Cetlinski

9.3

Great dark cherry fruit with exposed tannins. Not much earth and tar. Great Barolo to pair with many Italian foods. — 6 years ago

Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.2

What a nose. Stunning old school Nebbiolo. Maybe my favorite of all the Italian producers we carry. Rose, mineral, leather so feral and wild. Spice and mineral. Juicy, mineral man is this mineral and lovely elegant red fruits. Sappy and so fine. Excellent value. Needs 45 minutes to breathe. — 7 years ago

with Matthew