Palladino

Barolo Riserva 'San Bernardo' 2001

90

Velvety Barolo with spices, leather and tea as well as dried fruits. Full-bodied and caressing. It's an old style of Barolo with lots of character. Best after 2006. 340 cases made

Palladino

Barolo 'Vigna Brolio' 2005

88

Vigna Broglio is a ripe, jammy Barolo with bold notes of mature cherry and blackberry preserves. It tastes more like a Tuscan wine than one from the Langhe and offers syrupy fruit flavors that indicate a hot vintage or a low altitude vineyard. It's soft in the mouth, however, and offers very smooth tannins. Drink 2012–2015

Palladino

Barolo 'Vigna Brolio' 2004

91

Sheltered in the Broglio stream valley, the eponymous cru is considered among the best in Serralunga d'Alba. This is a mineral-driven Barolo that will not appeal to fruit bomb enthusiasts. Instead, the focus here is on elegance, linearity and smoky subtones. Pencil shavings and campfire ash form a tannic finish that is tight as a shell but smooth as a pearl