Ceretto Barolo Bricco Rocche 2015 750ml

size

750ml

country

Italy

region

Piedmont

appellation

Barolo

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2021 2020 2019 2018 2016 2015 2013 2012 2008 2007 2006 2000 1997

Rated 98 by Wine Advocate

The 2015 Barolo Bricco Rocche is gorgeous, and the key here is elegance. The winemaking team at Ceretto has finely integrated the tannins so that the wine comes out as super silky and fine. Showing all the delicate balsamic notes and dark fruit typical of the variety, this Barolo with fruit from Castiglione Falletto has just about everything that you expect from this prestigious denomination, surely even deserving a filet mignon to accompany it when you do open the bottle down the road from today. Some 4,000 bottles were made. ... More details

Ceretto Barolo Bricco Rocche 2015 750ml

Rated 98 by Wine Advocate

Rated 98 by James Suckling

Instantly attractive and ethereal nose with rich perfume and ripe red cherries and plums, as well as wild flowers and herbs. So beautiful and complex. The palate has such concentration and purity from start to finish. There’s an incredibly deep vein of ripe cherries here, framed in perfectly polished and layered tannins. Great Barolo. Try from 2023.

Rated 95 by Vinous Media

The 2015 Barolo Bricco Rocche is the most delicate and finessed of the four Ceretto 2015 Barolos. All of the signatures that make this Castiglione Falletto site so compelling come through effortlessly. Bright, medium in body and finely sculpted, the 2015 speaks to precision above all else. Like all of these 2015, the Bricco Rocche is embryonic. I can't wait to taste it in another few years. Today, the 2015 comes across as tightly wound and classically austere, but in the best sense of those terms. In other words, it is a wine for the cellar.

Rated 94 by Wine Enthusiast

Aromas of rose, coconut and espresso slowly take shape along with oak-driven spice and balsamic herb. The tight, full-bodied palate delivers raspberry jam, baking spice, roasted coffee bean and tobacco, while polished, fine-grained tannins provide support. Drink 2023–2035.

Rated 94 by Wine Spectator

Fragrant, featuring cherry, plum and floral notes, this red adds vanilla and oak accents as it builds to the finish. Supple and engaging, with the structure to age, this shows excellent harmony and a lingering aftertaste of fruit, spice and light underbrush flavors. Best from 2022 through 2040.

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In some respects harmonic and delicate, in others robust and vigorous, it is a wine with complexity, elegance and austerity. Just a few months after bottling it reveals its greatness, which gradually increases as the floral aromas of youth give way to ethereal aromas of spices, chocolate and truffles.

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Ceretto Barolo Bricco Rocche 2015 750ml

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Professional Ratings

Rated 98 by Wine Advocate

Rated 98 by James Suckling

Rated 95 by Vinous Media

Rated 94 by Wine Enthusiast

Rated 94 by Wine Spectator

Winery

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size

750ml

country

Italy

region

Piedmont

appellation

Barolo

Additional vintages

2021 2020 2019 2018 2016 2015 2013 2012 2008 2007 2006 2000 1997

Overview

Varietal: Nebbiolo

The dusty purple grapes of the Nebbiolo variety are widely considered to be amongst the finest in the world, and hold many unique characteristics which have secured their place in wine making history. Indeed, almost all of the most respected and sought after red wines of Italy are made using this grape varietal, and it wasn't long before several New World wineries started experimenting with the fruit of this special vine, too. Nebbiolo grapes are renowned for their ability to age beautifully, with their strong and dense tannins mellowing out and becoming more balanced inside the oak. Alongside this, they hold some of the most complex and exciting flavors to be found in any grape, which range from gorgeous notes of black truffle, to aromatic violets and tobacco tones.

Region: Piedmont

The region of Piedmont in the cool, breezy north-western part of Italy is renowned throughout the world for high quality, flavorful and delicious red wines, and for the elegant and refined sparkling wines such as Asti which typify the area. The region is located at the foothills of the Alps, close to the French and Swiss borders, and benefits from some interesting micro-climates formed by its proximity to the mountain range. The key grapes for the fine red wines of Piedmont are Nebbiolo, Dolcetto and Barbera â€“ all powerful varietals which are packed full of a range of fruit flavors and which have an affinity for oak making them ideal for aging When it comes to the sparkling Asti, wineries cultivate plenty of Moscato grapes, whose relative transparency make them ideal for expressing their terroir and providing some interesting flavors in the bottle.

Country: Italy

For several decades in the mid to late twentieth century, Italy's reputation for quality wines took a fairly serious blow. This was brought about partly due to lack of regulation in certain regions, and too much regulation in others. This led to several wineries in the beautiful and highly fertile region of Tuscany making the bold move to work outside of the law, which they saw as responsible for the drop in quality in Tuscan wines. They believed that they had the expertise and the generations of experience necessary with which to make truly excellent, world class wines, and set about doing just that. These 'Super Tuscans', as they came to be known, quickly inspired the rest of Italy to improve their produce, and now, Italian wine producers in the twenty-first century are widely recognised to be amongst the best in the world. Regulation and law began to change, and wine drinkers across the globe woke up to the outstanding wines coming out of Italy, which are continuing to improve and impress to this day.

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