2012 Barolo
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Tasting notes
Maturing mid ruby with a narrow orange rim. Cherry liqueur and crushed aspirins. Ripe fruit with a medicinal note and stalky tannins. A little disjointed. Cask sample? (WS)
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Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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Azelia's 2012 Barolo is fresh, floral and nicely lifted in the glass. Crushed flowers, sweet red cherries, spices, mint and rose petal lift from the glass in the 2012 Barolo. An excellent choice for drinking over the next handful of years, Azelia's straight Barolo is all about balance and understated harmony. The style is gracious, perfumed and weightless, with pretty saline notes that give the wine its sense of proportion. This is one of the best straight 2012 Barolos I tasted. Fruit sources are 70% Serralunga and 30% Castiglione Falletto. The 2012 spent two and a half years in cask. Hail was an issue in Bricco Voghera, so Azelia did not produce a Riserva. All the best fruit went into the straight Barolo.