La Spinetta Barolo Vigneto Garretti 2021

The 2021 Barolo Garretti displays a medium red color, and the nose opens to a spicy and warming aromas of cedar, ripe cherries, dried herbs, and leather. The palate offers a compact, refreshing, angular structure, bright acidity, and a mineral-inflected finish. It's tightly coiled and is going to benefit from another few years in the bottle if stored in cool cellars. Drink 2027-2040.

The La Spinetta 2018 Barolo Garretti is underlined by a dark and savory quality that appears throughout this experience. Blackberry and dried cherry give the wine solid grounding and a long-lasting taste profile. Those dark fruit tones are amply surrounded by spice, toasted hazelnut and black truffle.

The 2018 Barolo Vigneto Garretti is a racy, exuberant wine ideal for drinking over the next handful of years. Juicy dark red/purplish berry fruit, lavender, white chocolate, rose petal, spice, tobacco, licorice and a kiss of new oak are front and center. This is a strong showing from La Spinetta in a vintage that was quite challenging.

A little tight out of the bottle. Needed about 45 min to open. Tobacco, tar, basil and old world earthy notes. Much more Denio's style. I'd be curious to se what he rates this. - K

Super intense nose of quite overt, squeezed blood oranges, together with dried roses and underbrush. Very extracted on the palate with medium to full body, crisp acidity and austere and drying yet well-grained tannins. Try from 2026.