2021 Barolo Rocche dell´Annunziata Trediberri

The 2021 Barolo Rocche Dell'Annunziata is a medium red color and offers gorgeous, pure aromas of anise, fresh cherries, pressed flowers, wet stones, and graphite on the nose. A powerful vintage, but within La Morra, it has real structure, with velvety, ripe tannins, fully dry, even acidity, and a long finish, with just a hint of sunny darker fruits and purple flowers. Since I last tasted this a year ago, it’s come into focus and offers lots of clarity.

94P+: The 2021 Barolo Rocche dell'Annunziata is a wild, exotic wine endowed with freakishly sumptuous fruit, the result of a brutal frost that wiped out 50% of the crop. Intense red-toned fruit, pomegranate, blood orange and sweet floral notes build into a crescendo of aromas, flavors and textures. The 2021 is a stylistic outlier here, in all the best ways. The Rocche spent 27 months in cask.

From Trediberri's prized La Morra cru, this Rocche dell'Annunziata presents a profound and serious expression. The wine leads with classic tertiary aromatics rather than fruit: sun-warmed earth, Piemontese tar, dried rose petals, and an intriguing oolong tea complexity. Behind these noble aromatics lies a foundation of dark cherries and woodland berries, patiently waiting their turn to emerge. The palate is powerfully structured with chewy, architectural tannins that speak to its long aging potential. This is a wine built for time, showing the deeper, more contemplative side of La Morra with layers of forest floor, dried herbs, and subtle spice notes complementing its restrained fruit core. The depth and sophistication here clearly demonstrate why Rocche dell'Annunziata is considered one of Barolo's great terroirs.

Laced with cherry, strawberry, bergamot, rose and graphite flavors, this red is packed with juicy fruit and savory elements. Complex, deftly balanced and expressive, with a structure that will allow this to age gracefully for decades.