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2020 Francesco Rinaldi "Cannubi" Barolo

2020 Francesco Rinaldi "Cannubi" Barolo

95VN
94WE
93JS
$99.99

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Vinous

Reviewed September 2024
Rinaldi’s 2020 Barolo Cannubi marries power and finesse to a degree that is quite rare. There’s plenty of baby fat today, so I would be thinking of cellaring this for a bit. Macerated red cherry, kirsch, sweet spice, tobacco, leather, blood orange and rose petal form a super-classic profile. This is a distinctive Cannubi that is endowed with both substance and textural depth to burn. (AG)

Professional Reviews

94

Wine Enthusiast

Review Date: 09/2024
Like a freshly baked raspberry pie cooling on a windowsill, this Barolo immediately grabs your attention with its intense and fruit-forward nose. The scent is plush and inviting, On the palate, the wine evokes the essence of a gourmet cranberry sauce, with its vibrant and slightly tart character beautifully complemented by sweet spices and a mesmerizing touch of incense highlighted by striking floral notes. All of this is wrapped around classic Nebbiolo structure that is both firm and elegant. Drink now through 2040. *Editors' Choice* (JP)

93

James Suckling

Review Date: 08/2024
This is aromatic, with fresh cherries, red plums, dried flowers, grapefruit peel and hints of spiced blood oranges. Medium-bodied, refined and nicely formed on the palate, with a broad tannin structure and impressive length. Tense and persistent. Better from 2028. (AS)

Notes

The 2020 Francesco Rinaldi "Cannubi" Barolo (DOCG) is a towering monument of classical precision, illustrating why this estate remains one of the ultimate traditionalist standard-bearers for Langhe's most legendary hill. Sourced from choice plots on the sandy, limestone-rich Tortonian marls of Cannubi, this wine captures the site's unique capability for weightless aromatic expansion. Vinified with old-school rigor, the fruit undergoes an extended, quiet 30-day maceration in concrete before spending roughly three years resting in massive, ancient Slavonian oak botti. By skipping any small-barrel modern wood makeup, Rinaldi guarantees an entirely naked, crystalline expression of Nebbiolo.

Details

OriginBarolo, Piedmont, Italy
Type/VarietalNebbiolo
SKU2034763