The Pio Cesare 2021 Barolo draws fruit from various sites, and like the Barbaresco, you get an excellent portrait of the vintage with balanced acidity, firm tannins and bright primary fruit. There is energy and vitality in this pretty Barolo with dried cherry, iris and subtle dustings of iron ore or rust. 94Pts - Monica Larner, The Wine Advocate.

A classic, multi vineyard Barolo that captures the full breadth of Barolo, the 2021 is built from Nebbiolo sourced across several communes, blending power, perfume, and structure into a single, complete expression. A wine rooted in tradition, yet shaped with clarity and precision.

The nose opens slowly, unfolding in layers of dried cherry, wild strawberry, and rose petal, laced with orange peel, spice, and a deeper register of truffle, graphite, and earth. There is both lift and depth, the aromatics moving between floral delicacy and something more grounded and savoury.

On the palate, it is structured and composed, Nebbiolo in full voice. Red and dark fruits sit alongside tea leaf, liquorice, and mineral tones, carried by bright acidity and firm, finely knit tannins. There is grip here, but it is polished, the wine holding tension rather than weight.

The finish is long, savoury, and persistent, with dried cherry, spice, and a subtle earthy bitterness that lingers, drawing the wine out with quiet authority.

A Barolo that speaks in layers rather than volume, classical, structured, and built to evolve, yet already showing a beautiful sense of balance and energy.