2018 Oddero Barolo Brunate
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Always a standout wine, the Oddero 2018 Barolo Brunate is a complete wine, and I use that word specifically because it shows balance, freshness, length and structure. It has all the basics of an age-worthy Nebbiolo that promises to increase in complexity and depth with more cellar age. At this young stage, the bouquet is singing with dark fruit, cherry, spice and sweet earth.
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Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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La Morra. Youthful mid ruby. Proper fresh, perfumed fruit on the nose, which this vintage sometimes lacks a little. Pure and concentrated on the palate and elegant at the same time, with firm, chewy tannins that demand more time. Long and precise even if the tannins are pretty stubborn right now. (WS)
What a delight it is to taste Oddero's 2018 Barolo Brunate. A glorious wine, the Oddero Brunate is one of the very few wines in this vintage that possesses real mid-palate depth and notable textural intensity. It is the smallest production wine here. I imagine that the slightly smaller cask used for this wine was an advantage in giving the 2018 a bit of extra flesh that is missing in this vintage. What impresses me most about the 2018, though, is its freshness and the primary intensity of the fruit. Iron, smoke, tobacco, dried herbs, chalk and a whole range of savory accents develop over time, rounding things out in style. What a wine!