Posts Tagged ‘Barolo’
Last night we tasted a line up of 2008 Barolo wines. They were an interesting contrast to the 07′s we tasted earlier this year, coming from a much more classic vintage than the warm and ripe 2007. Things kicked off with the Massolino Barolo 2008. A surprisingly easy-drinking wine in a fruit-driven style with relatively [...]
posted by Caro's on Uncategorized
Our latest container just arrived, jam-packed full of wine from France, Italy and Spain. It’s always exciting landing a new container and replenishing our stocks of interesting European wines. We went a bit mad in the warehouse and photographed a few of the new things in store. There’s a heap of wines including old favourites [...]
Last week we had a fantastic tasting of 2007 Barolo from some of the producers Caro’s imports. 2007 was a warm vintage in Piedmont and this did show in the wines with many of them being much more forward than you might expect from ordinarily austere young Barolo. Though they weren’t exactly typical in that [...]
posted by Caro's on Tasting Notes, Tastings
This was the staff pick at our 2007 Barolo tasting last night and judging by the post-tasting sales it was wine of the night for many who attended too! 2007 was a warm year in Barolo and in general produced riper, more forward wines with easier-going tannins. This Pio Cesare managed to retain a bit [...]
John had the opportunity to taste the 2008 wines from Barolo producer Massolino at ProWein.
