2017 Pecchenino "San Giuseppe" Barolo

92 Points from Wine Spectator: "Balsamic aromas and flavors of menthol, mint, hay and tobacco wrap around the cherry core in this firm, linear red, which is ripe and focused, lingering with a mouthwatering finish. Best from 2025 through 2043. 800 cases made, 300 cases imported." (12/15/21)

92 Points from Vinous: "The 2017 Barolo San Giuseppe is a deep, powerful wine endowed with quite a bit of presence. Hints of sage, mint, sweet pipe tobacco and dried rose petal lend striking inner perfume. This deceptively mid-weight Barolo packs plenty of punch. I would give it a few years to soften." (11/2021)

91 Points from Wine & Spirits Magazine: "The Pecchenino brothers make this wine with fruit from three crus in Monforte d’Alba. It opens with notes of toasted nuts and loamy earth that dissipate with air. Firm, leathery tannins frame juicy dark-cherry and plum flavors laced with fennel and licorice, and the wine takes a savory turn toward the finish." (12/21)

90 Points from Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: "The 2017 Barolo San Giuseppe is a blend of fruit from Le Coste di Monforte, Bussia and Ravera in Monforte (in Monforte d'Alba). These results are a little timid at first, taking time to reveal wild cherry, dried blackberry, cola and balsam herb. Pine and rosemary tones are evident in this mid-weight, near-term Barolo. (6/17/21)