2020 Renato Ratti "Marcenasco" Barolo
96JS
94WS
93RP
92VN
92WE
90JD
$74.99
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96
James Suckling
Reviewed January 2024This is linear and so racy with a structure and length and focused energy that takes you long and deep. It’s medium-bodied with dried strawberry, citrus and spice. Tight at the end. Classicism with transparency. Drink after 2029.
Professional Reviews
94
Wine Spectator
A beam of cherry and red currant courses through this racy red, revealing flashes of rose and wild herbs, with a mineral underpinning. This is persistent, with a long aftertaste that emphasizes the pure fruit. Best from 2026 through 2042. (BS)
93
Wine Advocate
This is the bread-and-butter Barolo from Ratti, with 70,000 bottles produced. Fruit is sourced from over 15 hectares of vine planted on characteristic blue marl soils. The 2020 Barolo Marcenasco is an international classic, and I have had the fortune of following this wine over 20-plus vintages. I always like the unassuming personality of Marcenasco. It gives you character but never stretches too far in any one stylistic direction. This vintage shows some sweet oak and cinnamon, but you also get plenty of bright fruit. You could fault it for a little too much oak, which appears with more strength in 2020. (ML)
92
Vinous
The 2020 Barolo Marcenasco is a classy entry-level offering from Ratti. Medium in body and gracious, with tons of La Morra charm, the Marcenasco is very pretty. Crushed flowers, sweet red berry fruit, cinnamon and orange peel are some of the notes that grace this polished, sensual Barolo. (AG)
Notes
Antonio Galloni writes: "I often drank the Ratti Barolos when I was first getting into Piedmont, as the wines were delicious and affordable. It’s great to see a move away from the dark, oaky, somewhat anonymous wines of the recent past. Let’s hope that is a trend that continues, as the ability of wines to express the personality of site is one of the things that differentiates Barolo and Piedmont from so many other regions in the world."
Details
| Origin | Barolo, Piedmont, Italy |
|---|---|
| Type/Varietal | Nebbiolo |
| SKU | 1807644 |