2017 Poderi Aldo Conterno Barolo DOCG Romirasco

98 POINTS

James Suckling

Lots of floral aromas, such as lilacs and roses, with crushed raspberries and strawberries. Sandalwood, too. Full-bodied and very powerful with incredible depth of fruit and chewy tannins. It goes on for minutes. Try after 2026.

96 POINTS

Falstaff

Clear, rich ruby with a pronounced garnet rim. Very intense and dense nose of white truffle, fine savoury herbs, then lots of blackberry and leather. Round and supple in the attack and on the palate, with lots of fine, grippy tannins, building up in many layers, some blood orange, dark raspberry, full-bodied drive on the finish.

94 POINTS

Monica Larner - Wine Advocate

Opening to a dark color and robust consistency, the Poderi Aldo Conterno 2017 Barolo Bussia Romirasco is perhaps the most powerful of the four new releases reviewed here. Wearing broad shoulders and sporting a heavy gait over the palate, the wine sees a solid construction of dark berry and spicy or toasted oak aromas. There is a lot to behold in this bottle, and it definitely shows the potential to soften and relax with more cellar aging. However, you definitely need to put the bottle aside for many years.

94 POINTS

Antonio Galloni MW - Vinous

The 2017 Barolo Romirasco is a very pretty and satisfying Barolo. Bright red-toned fruit, mint, blood orange, cinnamon and rose petal give this mid-weight Barolo a good deal of freshness. Deceptive in its mid-weight feel, the Romirasco has plenty of depth. But it is the balance here that is most notable. This is a fine showing,