Oddero Barolo Villero 2004

A real step up in refinement over the base Barolo with red fruits on the nose accented with clay soil tones rose petals, sweet sassafras, spicy savory tones and a liquory black fruit top note. This offers up a really layered and complex. Set of aromatics. Deceptively soft at first, the wine snaps together on the mid-palate with well-balanced, crisp, faceted tannins and prominent yet integrated acids framing the bitter cherry fruit. There are lovely herbal, medicinal tones that draw out the inner core of sweetness of the fruit and add resonance on the long finish. A very promising wine but one that read more...is best left alone for a decade. 91pts    (hide)

October 2009

Great intensity on the nose with a syrupy edge to the raspberry tones that are joined by notes of nettles, white clay, smoky, smoldering wood notes and an undertone of dark, pruney,fudgy fruit 2+
Velvety and round in the mouth with perfectly integrated acidity and fine grained tannins 3
Lovely fruit reveals the dark, earthy side of Villero with emerging notes of herb and mineral 2+
Finishes a touch simple yet with sneaking length and echoes of the core of dark, earthy fruit 2+


90pts

September 2008