2017 | Pio Cesare | Barolo DOCG

Red Wine: 2017 | Pio Cesare | Barolo DOCG

Produced with fruit from five different communes, this wine shows good balance and concentration, its bold black- cherry flavors underlined by notes of graphite and firm, muscular tannins. Warm spice notes linger on the extended finish.

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Producer: Pio Cesare

Ratings: WA | 94 JS | 95

Vintage: 2017

Size: 750ml

ABV: 14.5%

Varietal: Nebbiolo

Country/Region: Italy, Piedmont

Produced with fruit from five different communes, this wine shows good balance and concentration, its bold black- cherry flavors underlined by notes of graphite and firm, muscular tannins. Warm spice notes linger on the extended finish.

Reviews:

• Wine Advocate: This is the wine to buy in commemoration of the 140th anniversary (1881-2021) of the historic house of Pio Cesare. The most traditional and classic of the wines in this important portfolio, the 2017 Barolo is packaged in a retro label that speaks to all the grandeur of this important Italian wine appellation. The wine imparts delicate and fine tones of wild fruit, cassis, tar, smoke and crushed rose. The wine is buttoned up and straitlaced, especially now in its youth.

• James Suckling: Plenty of blackberry and black cherry on the nose with violet and lavender undertones. Full-bodied with powerful tannins that flow across the palate. Ever enveloping and imposing, yet polished and impressive.

Producer Information

Pio Cesare has been producing wine for more than 100 years and through generations. The tradition began in 1881, when Pio Cesare started gathering grapes in his vineyards and purchasing those of some selected and reliable farmers in the hills of Barolo and Barbaresco districts. At Pio Cesare, there has always been a conviction that great wine can come only from the finest grapes and the winery's output has always been limited through adherence to the highest standards. Pio Cesare limits its production by using only the most mature and healthy grapes. The ripening of the grapes is carefully monitored and the harvest is rigidly controlled with each grape selected by hand. Today, the estate is managed by Pio Boffa, great-grandson of Pio Cesare. Under his stewardship, the wines of Pio Cesare have become famous throughout the world. Great strides have been made in quality, and single vineyard offerings have dazzled the wine press.