2018 Barolo Cannubi Serio e Battista Borgogno

The 2018 Barolo Cannubi is gorgeous, and also one of the handful of wines in this vintage with notable character. Layered and medium in body, with real depth, the Cannubi has quite a bit to offer. Dried flowers, mint, cedar, tobacco and incense all build in the glass, playing off a core of macerated dark cherry fruit. What a nice surprise this is.

The 2018 Barolo Cannubi from F.lli Serio e Battista Borgogno has lots of very sweet spice and sweet cigar notes with some sun-warmed red fruits. There are some earthy undertones to the flavors, a nice juiciness, ripe, finely managed tannins with a lingering finish. The wine is round and soft and appealing. Canubbi is one of the most famous vineyards or MGAs (Menzione Geografica Adjunctivo) which refers to a specific area officially defined within the production zone of Barolo and Barbaresco and sometimes referred to as cru. Cannubi is a 15-hectare site right next to the small town of Barolo which has a predominately sandy, limestone soil and tends to produce elegant, round, full-bodied wines.

Released in a production of numbered bottles, the 2018 Barolo Cannubi is especially fresh, brilliant and tart in this vintage. This streamlined Barolo exhibits pretty aromas of cassis, white plum, licorice root and pressed violet. This graceful wine shows exceptionally fine and silky tannins.

Enkeltmarken Cannubi har enorm betydning i Barolo, og derfor er det ikke så underligt, at producenten har valgt at skrive marknavnet med de største typer på etiketten. Den mark kan noget særligt – selv i en mellemårgang som 2018 – og jeg er ikke et sekund i tvivl om, at den kun kan blive endnu bedre, hvis den får lov at ligge +10 år mere. Skønt parfumeret i duften. Jeg kan sidde længe og indsnuse aromaerne af viol, kirsebær, orangeskal og tobak. Når vinen for alvor åbner sig i glasset, præsenterer den en formidabel smagspalet af moden frugt, kødglace, olivensaft, lys chokolade og tørrede bær. Spicy prikkende på tungen og med den karakteristisk stramme afslutning, der mere end antyder, at ”hej, jeg er slet ikke klar endnu!”. Dog ej heller lukket, så længe du giver den et par timer på karaflen. Smuk vin.