Grapes for this Barolo come from the Garretti and Campè vineyards, in the Barolo township of Grinzane Cavour. Typical varietal characteristics of sweet and savory herbs, tobacco, mint, liquorice, berries, roses and spice are laced together in this full-bodied, dense and chewy wine. Beautiful fruit and length paired with polished tannins make for a supple, silky wine that will only continue to improve with age.
This has lovely ripe fruit, with rich plum and peach fruit on the nose, plus hazelnut, orange and bread crust too. It’s full-bodied, creamy and textured with melt-in-your-mouth tannins. Delicious finish.
The 2020 Barolo Vigneto Garretti is a plump, juicy Barolo that will delight La Spinetta fans. A burst of dark red/purplish fruit, herbs, flowers, vanillin and sweet oak makes a strong first impression. Soft contours add immediacy and charm. The 2020 is very nicely done.
The La Spinetta 2019 Barolo Garretti opens to a crisp, almost tart quality with red fruit, cassis, pomegranate and a hint of red apple. Those bright primary tones cede to spice and earthy mineral or baked clay. The wine is distinguished by a pretty hint of licorice root that cuts a line throughout the entire bouquet. The 2019 vintage shows extra finesse and structure to the palate.
Aromas of rose petal and hibiscus flower with some blood orange and stem undertones. Medium-bodied with a solid core of fruit and chewy tannins. Medium finish. Needs time to soften and open.
The 2019 Barolo Vigneto Garretti is a wild, exotic wine. The aromatics alone are incredibly alluring. Kirsch, rosewater, hard candy and sweet spice all soar out of the glass. This racy, mid-weight Barolo is a real charmer. Best of all the 2019 will drink well right out of the gate.
This is a solid 2018 with medium to full body, chewy tannins and a fruity, smoky, and nutty finish. Needs time to soften. Try after 2025.
The La Spinetta 2018 Barolo Garretti is underlined by a dark and savory quality that appears throughout this experience. Blackberry and dried cherry give the wine solid grounding and a long-lasting taste profile. Those dark fruit tones are amply surrounded by spice, toasted hazelnut and black truffle.
The 2018 Barolo Vigneto Garretti is a racy, exuberant wine ideal for drinking over the next handful of years. Juicy dark red/purplish berry fruit, lavender, white chocolate, rose petal, spice, tobacco, licorice and a kiss of new oak are front and center. This is a strong showing from La Spinetta in a vintage that was quite challenging.
With a lion on its front label to represent Barolo, the "King of Wines," the La Spinetta 2017 Barolo Garretti is a wine of depth, dark fruit and concentration. This vintage delivers power and lots of momentum that you feel in the weight of the fruit, the aromatic intensity and the structure. The wine's alcohol measures 14.5%, and that, too, contributes to the overall brawn and muscle. This production appears very youthful and still nervous, so put it aside in your cellar for best results.
Lots of dried roses with stems to the strawberry and cherry character. It’s full-bodied and chewy with lots of fruit and wood tannins that pucker your mouth now. But it should come around nicely with bottle age.
The 2017 Barolo Vigneto Garretti is gracious and nicely lifted right out of the gate. Sweet floral notes and red berry fruit give the 2017 tons of immediacy. This mid-weight, perfumed Barolo from La Spinetta will drink well right out of the gate. I would prefer to drink it over the next decade or so.
From the Garretti cru in Grinzane Cavour, in the comune where La Spinetta has its ultra modern winery. The 2016 Barolo Vigneto Garretti offers a generous and accessible personality that makes this wine optimal for near or medium-term drinking. The bouquet is layered and rich with dark fruit, licorice, tar and toasted aniseed. The tannins are nicely managed in this vintage, showing both power and elegance.
A full-bodied red with classic aromas of sour cherries, dried leaves, dried orange peel and tar. Juicy and mouthwatering on the palate with plenty of refreshing citrus zest, framed by firm, tight tannins. Big wine. Drink after 2023.
A strapping Barolo, exhibiting black cherry, black currant, tar and iron flavors backed by beefy tannins. It settles in on the long finish, the ripe fruit mitigating the tannins in the end. Best from 2023 through 2038.
The 2016 Barolo Vigneto Garretti is bold, racy and super-expressive. Succulent dark cherry, lavender, spice, menthol, red flowers, licorice, and French oak all meld together in this creamy, racy wine form La Spinetta. The Garretti captures all of the richness and pedigree of the year in a forward, succulent style that is sure to find many admires. This is an especially strong vintage for this wine, though it needs another year in bottle for the big tannins to soften. I won't be surprised if the 2016 truns out to be even better than this note sugguests; today it is absolutely delicious.
The tar and roses are certainly here on the nose with ripe fruit, too. Full-bodied, dense and chewy with beautiful fruit and length. Chewy, polished and compact. Needs two or three years to soften. Drink in 2022.
Complex and warm aromas of cherries, dried strawberries, lemon rind and light licorice. Cut-grass undertones, too. Medium to full body, ripe and round tannins and a beautiful, clean finish. Deep. Fantastic. Drink now or hold.
Located in Grinzane Cavour, Garretti is the lower part of what become the Campe vineyard at the upper elevations. The 2014 Barolo Vigneto Garretti is a direct and simple expression of Barolo with a food-friendly and approachable personality. Only 6,000 bottles were made, and this wine sells out very quickly. The bouquet is tight and a little shy at the moment with subtle berry tones followed by spice, tar and licorice. Give it a year or two to unwind.
Located in Grinzane Cavour, Garretti is the lower part of what became the Campè vineyard at the upper elevations. The 2014 Barolo Vigneto Garretti is a direct and simple expression of Barolo with a food-friendly and approachable personality. Only 6,000 bottles were made, and this wine sells out very quickly. The bouquet is tight and a little shy at the moment with subtle berry tones followed by spice, tar and licorice. Give it a year or two to unwind.
Lots of sweet tobacco leaves, rose petals and dried- strawberry character. Full body, velvety tannins and a fruity, smoky and light earth finish. Dense and unique. Drink in 2020.
The 2013 Barolo Vigneto Garretti is soft, succulent and open-knit, all qualities that make it an excellent choice for drinking now and over the next few years. Sweet red cherry, plum, cinnamon, leather, mint and French oak overtones give the wine its opulent, flamboyant personality. The 2013 spent 18 months in mostly neutral oak.
The 2012 Barolo Vigneto Garretti is a dark and brooding wine that has a long way to travel on its evolutionary track. Only at the beginning of its ageing trajectory, this Barolo reveals stern and uncompromasing notes of dark fruit, tart, licorice and smoke. The mouthfeel is firmly constructed, tight and crisp. The bouquet is layered and powerful. Give this wine five more years, at a bare minimum, of cellar aging.
This is in the savory, balsamic camp, with loads of wild herb, eucalyptus and menthol aromas and flavors trumping the cherry and berry fruit. There is sweet fruit at the core. Firm tannins lend grip to the long finish. Best from 2020 through 2032. 666 cases made.
Smells like bouquet garni with lot of spices and flowers. Dark fruits too. Full body, cherry tannins and a flavorful finish. Drink in 2019.
Exuberant to the core, the 2012 Barolo Vigneto Garretti is one of the more immediate wines of the year. A rush of red berries, wild flowers, mint and sweet French oak hits the palate. There is lot to like in this racy Barolo. The new oak is a bit prominent, but the wine's depth and overall presence are both intriguing. While showy today, the 2012 will be even better in another year or two, once the tannins soften a bit further.
A dense and chewy red with blueberry, cherry, plum and mohogany character. Savory and earthy too. Similar character on the palate. Spicy and decadent. Better in 2018.
Like La Spinetta's other wines from this vintage, the 2011 Barolo Vigneto Garretti opens to pretty balsam or medicinal herb aromas with eucapyptus oil, mint, dried ginger and cherry cola. These aromas give the wine a bright and buoyant sense of weightlessness . After a few minutes, heavier aromas of spice, toasted nut and tobacco begin to appear. The mouthfeel is firm and silky. Drinking Window 2018 - 2035
Savory and aromatic, this red evokes wild rosemary, juniper, sage, plum, cherry and underbrush flavors. Turns muscular on the long finish. Decant now or cellar short-term. Best from 2018 through 2029. 700 cases made.
La Spinetta's 2011 Barolo Garretti is soft, sensual and inviting. Sweet red berries, raspberries, flowers, mint and spices are well all laced together in a supple, silky Barolo with tons of near-term appeal. The Garretti has more than enough depth - and - the barrels are neutral - for the purity to come through loud and clear. The Garretti emerges form the lower slopes of La Spinetta's estate vineyard in Grinzane Cavour.
This is xtremely floral on the nose with orchid and strawberry. Hints of sandalwood. Full body, with velvety tannins and a juicy finish. Loads of orange peel understones here. Sexy young Barolo. Better in 2016.
The 2010 Barolo Vigneto Garretti is an amazing wine with an impresive level of depth and intensity. The wine is redolent o dark fruit and dried cherry, but its most interesting aromas come forth as exotic spice and dark licorice. This Barolo stands out thanks to its profound sense of elegance and determination. The bouquet is stitched together with harmony and grace. The mouthfeel is similarly polished, but it also delivers evident strength with fine tannins and excellent length. I had the oportunity to spend some time with Giorgio Rivetti this year at the Campe winery just outside the Grinzane Cavour castle. This gave me the opportunity to taste his fabolous 2005 Riservas form magnum (taht will be released later this year in September) and a chance to catch up on some back vintages. La Spinetta is synonymous with one of the most distinctive winemaking styles in the Langhe. The wines are easily identifiable in a blind tasting because, acroos the board, they offer a uniquely intense aromatic delivery. The bouquetes on the 2013 wines are deeply fragant and fruity; the 2012 vintage is more integrated with spice and tobacco. The 2011 vintage is marked by profound balsam notes of cola, mint and medicinal herbs. These are extremely personalized wines.
A little smoky reduction gives way to ripe raspberry, leather and spice flavors. Supple, yet firmly structured, with refined tannins on the finish. Should be enjoyable on the early side. Best from 2016 through 2028. 800 cases made.
Savory herbs, tobacco, mint, sweet herbs and licorice meld together in La Spinetta's 2010 Barolo Vigneto Garretti. An intensely floral, perfumed Barolo, the Garretti shows the more feminine, gracious side of the vintage. The Garretti is made from the lower parts of the estate's Barolo vineyards. In 2010, the wine saw 12 days on the skins and was aged mostly in used oak.
The 2009 Barolo Vigneto Garretti comes from the lowest part of the vineyard. It shows great power and density with fleshy fruit, dried cherry and prune. The mouthfeel is round and dense, supported amply by the firm tannins at the back. Anticipated maturity:2015-2030. Giorgio Rivetti has unveil a stunning line of new wines, and a few surprises as well, form his impecable winery and tasting room at the foot of the Grinzane Cavour castle. The line of Riserva Barbarescos and Riserva Barolo will only be bottled in magnums in the best vintages. The year 2004 is the inaugural vintage of these specia releases. Gioergio purchased a beautiful estate in the Grinzane Cavour estate for making Barolo. His vineyard graces a dome-shaped hill and is planted with 55- to 60- year-old Nebbiolo vines.
La Spinetta's 2009 Barolo Vigneto Garretti bursts from the glass with juicy dark cherries, plums, cinnamon and white truffles, all supported by firm tannins that need a few years to melt away. Smoke, tart and incense add depth and gravitas. Tasted next to the 2009 Bordini, weight and richness of Barolo is clearly evident in the glass.
Fruity and delicious with flowers and berries and hits of tannins. Fresh and clean. Old vines next to Campe. Better in 2014.
Flavors of macerated cherry and medicinal herbs, with a hint of orange peel, mark this dense, sinewy red, wich is light, elegant and lively, with a firm backbone of tannins. Be patient. Best from 2014 through 2027. 650 cases made.
La Spinetta's 2006 Barolo Garretti is a floral, inviting Barolo graced with crushed flowers, berries, spices, mint and licorice. This is a decidedly mid-weight, feminine style for La Spinetta. Floral tones reappear on the finish adding lift and freshness. Though medium in body today, there certainly seems to be the potencial for this put on some weight over the next few years. The firm tannins need a few years in bottle to soften. The Garretti is a new bottling from La Spinetta made from the lower slopes of the estate's vineyards in Grinzane Cavour. Previously this fruit had been included in the top of the line Barolo Campe. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2022.