2021 BARBERA D'ALBA Serraboella Cigliuti
Alba Piedmont Italy
15.5%
Red
Barbera.
The 2021 Barbera d'Alba Vigna Serraboella is a rich, sumptuous wine. Succulent dark red/purplish fruit, lavender, rose petal, spice and mocha are all beautifully amplified. The aromatics are a bit high-toned, but there i...(read more)
Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com2021 BARBERA D'ALBA Campass Cigliuti
Alba Piedmont Italy
15.5%
Red
Barbera.
The 2021 Barbera d'Alba Campass is fabulous. Rich, inky and explosive, the 2021 saturates the palate with blackberry jam, blueberry, mocha, sweet spice and lavender. The 2021 spent 18 months in French oak barrels, 20% ne...(read more)
Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com2022 LANGHE NEBBIOLO Cigliuti
Piedmont Italy
14.5%
Red
Nebbiolo.
The 2022 Langhe Nebbiolo is one of the best Nebbiolos I have tasted in this vintage so far. The warm, dry vintage added a bit of mid-palate richness, but there are no angular contours here, suggesting these vines handled...(read more)
Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com2019 BARBARESCO Vie Erte Cigliuti
Piedmont Italy
14.5%
Red
Nebbiolo.
This red delivers depth and intensity to the black currant and blackberry fruit. A mix of elegance and power, this also reveals leather, eucalyptus and tar notes as dense tannins flex their muscles on the finish.
Bruce Sanderson, The Wine Spectator2020 BARBARESCO Vie Erte Cigliuti
Piedmont Italy
15%
Red
Nebbiolo.
In Neive, about 0.25 km from Serraboella but very different. Sandy soil, south-west exposure, vines 20 years old. Aged 26 months in 20- to 25-hl Slavonian oak. Lightish ruby. Open and scented with perfumed, sour red frui...(read more)
Julia Harding MW, www.JancisRobinson.com2019 BARBARESCO Serraboella Cigliuti
Piedmont Italy
14.5%
Red
Nebbiolo.
The 2019 Barbaresco Serraboella is stellar. Here, too, the austere style of the year comes through loud and clear, but with that extra kick of mid-palate sweetness that distinguishes the Serraboella. Bright, red-toned Ne...(read more)
Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com2018 BARBARESCO Serraboella Cigliuti
Piedmont Italy
15%
Red
Nebbiolo.
Magnums
A little tighter, more shy, with a darker fruit profile, cherry, damson, mocha and herb, lovely concentration. Fleshier and fuller in the mouth, the tannins are rich and full, layered with crushed cherries and plums, und...(read more)
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