2015 Barolo Lecinquevigne
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Tasting notes
Rose petals, dried cedar, hazelnuts and tobacco. Very structured and powerful, but with enough generous fruit not to be hard nor intrusive. Full-bodied and long on the finish. Drink from 2021.
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Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
James Suckling
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The 2015 Barolo Lecinquevigne (with 60,000 bottles produced) shows ripe fruit with notes of raspberry and dark cherry. There is that moment of ripeness where the wine suddenly pulls itself together to offer more richness and velvety saturation at the back. This is a solid, easy-drinking expression with generous and round contours. This wine is ready to drink straight out of the gate, with a grilled steak.
Grapes were sourced from vineyards in five different villages: Barolo, Verduno, Grinzane Cavour, La Morra and Novello and aged for two years in barrel and one in bottle. Ruby with orange tinges. Sweetly spiced nose with hints of cumin and cherry and what looks like a hint of new oak. Voluptuous and long with bags of crunchy tannins. A seducer and ready now. (WS)