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Marchesi di Barolo, Barolo Coste di Rose 2018
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Reviewed by: Monica Larner
Marchesi di Barolo performs well in the challenging 2018 vintage. The 2018 Barolo Coste di Rose is lifted and bright with a defined floral signature with an element of crushed rose and dried lavender bud. The wine continues its elevated or vertical personality with bright cherry and licorice root. The presentation is simple but not monotone. In fact, it reveals a pretty filigree of fruit subtly lingering below the surface. Production is 7,000 bottles, and we should see this wine hit the market in 2023.
Reviewed by: James Suckling
This has a perfumed nose of red berries, watermelon, red tea, lime leaves and slate. Medium-bodied with firm, ultra-fine tannins. Precise, delicate and very fine. Mineral, too. Try in 2024.
Reviewed by: Antonio Galloni
The 2018 Barolo Coste di Rose is a forward, juicy wine. Silky contours wrap around a core of black cherry, plum, leather, tobacco, incense, new leather and rose petal. This plump, juicy Barolo is a charmer.
About the Producer
The Marchesi di Barolo is located in the town of Barolo in the Piedmont region of Italy, overlooking the castle of Marquis Falletti. This is the birthplace of the world-famous Barolo wines. At the time, no one could have imagined the day when the Barolo wines produced here would become the king of wines and the wine of kings. The long history of the Marquis of Barolo dates back to 1870. At that time, the Marquis of Barolo Carlo Tancredi Falletti married Juliette Colbert de Maulévrier, the granddaughter of the famous finance minister of the Sun King of France, in Paris. In 1864, Juliette's death marked the end of the reign of the Faletti dynasty. In honour of the Marquise, the magnificent Palazzo Barolo was built in Turin. Pietro Abbona, together with his brother Ernesto and his sisters Marina and Celestina, mastered the old cellar methods and improved the winemaking techniques of the estate. The wines of the Barolo region are known worldwide. The quality of the Barolo wines produced by the Abbona family has become so highly regarded thanks to the help of the Marquise Falletti. The huge oak barrels in which the Barolo wines are aged were in fact bequeathed by the Marquise. Today, the Abbona family is committed to producing high quality wines, and year after year, the winemaking techniques, viticultural practices and wine culture have been passed on for more than five generations. The Marquis de Barolo is blessed with an ideal environment for growing grapes of Sangiovese, Nebbiolo and Colorino varieties, producing Barolo Cannubi, Barolo Coste di Rose and Barolo del Comune. Barolo Cannubi, Barolo Coste di Rose and Barolo del Comune di Barolo are some of the wines that have won many awards for their quality.
