Parusso Langhe Nebbiolo 2019 (750ML)

91 WA / 89 DE

From vintner Marco Parusso, the 2019 Langhe Nebbiolo shows abundant fruit and power, with dark tea, dried currant, cherry confit, spice, leather, tar and resin. The wine is robust and textured, owing to the stemmy tannins and acidity that ultimately shape this rigid and contoured mouthfeel. It's a good-value release of some 40,000 bottles that punches well above its weight, standing up even to a foie gras and caramelized onions or the fattiest rib eye steak. - Monica Larner, Wine Advocate

This Nebbiolo is the first picked by Marco Parusso, cold-soaked for four to five days then aged in the French barrels of the estate's just-racked Barolo. Bright ruby in colour, it's intensely fruited with touches of cranberry, sage, violet and a whiff of tar. Firm, crunchy and rather austere tannins are balanced by good fruit concentration, with almost zesty acidity and a savoury olive finish. - Aldo Fiordelli, Decanter