2019 Barolo Brunate Riserva

Showing a darker color and more natural concentration (next to the 2021 vintage), the M. Marengo 2019 Barolo Riserva Brunate is a wine of incredible depth and potency, yet it remains fine and elegant all the while. It does carry bigger shoulders with dark fruit, damson plum and spice, but it also shows those ethereal tones of crushed limestone and dried mint that are specific to Brunate. It reveals important depth, with a velvety, chalky quality to the tannins. The 2019 is soon edging into its drinking window, but more patience is required. I'd give it another five years in bottle.