2021 Vietti Lazzarito, Barolo DOCG, Italy (750ml)

WINEMAKER'S NOTES: 

Aromatically this wine is powerful with notes of figs as well as plums. On the palate, the wine is extremely smooth with well-integrated tannins, sweet, almost dried dark fruits, fresh herbs, and baking spice. 

Vegan-friendly

TASTING NOTES: 

A graceful and enticing wine with complex, assertive cinnamon, melon, watermelon, earth, strawberries and peonies on the nose. This is a wine that breathes, with a full body, great fruit concentration, restrained blood orange flavors, lavish, elegant tannins and long, lifted acidity. Slightly stern in the finish, as expected from a young Barolo. Best after 2028.

- James Suckling, 97 pts. 

Fruit for this wine comes from a three-hectare parcel in Serralunga d'Alba near the village, with south and southwestern exposures in a small amphitheater. The soils in this area are older and thus more evolved, but they always create wines of strong character. The Vietti 2021 Barolo Lazzarito is easy to identify thanks to its salty mineral finish, which is almost metallic in taste, and its bright hints of sweet rosemary and wild herb. These delicate high notes form pretty framing to a dark core of elegant fruit. The estate counts five vineyards in Serralunga d'Alba, but Lazzarito is the only MGA bottling.

- Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, 97 pts. 

This red is expressive and layered, offering cherry, strawberry, plum, cut hay, green tea and iron aromas and flavors. Well-structured and balanced, with a lively feel and a superbly long finish that echoes the fruit and savory elements.

- Wine Spectator, 97 pts. 

The 2021 Barolo Lazzarito is a medium ruby hue and is fresh with aromas of tangerine, crushed red flowers, red berries, delicate spices, and an overall fresh feel. It’s very elegant on the palate as well, with fine tannins and a more harmonious, seamless feel to its structure.

- Jeb Dunnuck, 95 pts. 

The 2021 Barolo Lazzarito is a potent, deep wine. Not surprisingly, it is quite closed in the very early going. Even so, all the natural power and intensity of Serralunga is very much on display. It is the most backward and forbiddingly tannic of these Barolos today. Then again, that is Serralunga. Hints of gravel, incense and charcoal peek out on the finish.

- Vinous, 95 pts. 

A warm embrace of cardamom, star anise, and Szechuan peppercorn envelops dark morello cherries and blackberries. The palate rises with tart wild plums and dried herbs, displaying impressive tension between juicy fruit and structural grip. Firm, drying tannins create a taut framework, suggesting this wine's story is just beginning to unfold. Drink from 2027

- Wine Enthusiast, 93 pts.