Barolo Margheria 2018

AZELIA

Barolo Margheria
2018

$169.99*

* Suggested retail price

1 case available

Product code
623686
Format
6 x 750ml
Listing type
Cross dock
Status
Allocated
Type of product
Still wine
Country
Italy
Regulated designation
Denominazione di origine controllata e garantita (DOCG)
Region
Piedmont
Appellation
Barolo
Varietal(s)
Nebbiolo
Colour
Red
Sugar
Dry
Closure type
Cork
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About this winery

Azelia is still something of a Barolo lover's secret. Though the estate is not a high-profile one, proprietor Luigi Scavino is cousin of Enrico Scavino of the renowned Paolo Scavino estate, and shares ownership of the famed Fiasco hill in Castiglione Falletto with him. Luigi, his wife Lorella and son Lorenzo Scavino own and maintain 16 hectares of vines in Castiglione Falletto, Serralunga d'Alba (including Cru Barolo from Margheria, San Rocco and Voghera Brea) and Montelupo Albese (for their...

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Press reviews

Wine Advocate

- 94 points -

August 2022 (Vintage 2018)

The 2018 Barolo Margheria opens to a wide range of savory aromas with dark fruit, pressed rose, crushed stone and rusty nail. Those rusty or ferrous notes are typical of Nebbiolo wines from Serralunga d'Alba. The wine is tight and firm in texture with a polished and very linear style.

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Decanter

- 93 points -

January 2022 (Vintage 2018)

Margheria is the first MGA to be harvested at the Scavino estate. Chalk and red currants dominate the nose, enhanced by framboise sauvage and cinnamon, with camphor-like balsamic depth. The attack is full of sucrosity and silky tannins - very well extracted and handled but mostly a sign of careful canopy management in the vineyard in this complicated vintage. The tannins are dusty but ripe, the palate fiercely Nebbiolo in its muscularity with an anise, cherry kernel and watermelon finish sustained by moderate acidity. Possibly the alcohol here is a bit less integrated than other examples.

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James Suckling

- 92 points -

June 2022 (Vintage 2018)

Nice, spicy red-fruit character with a firm, medium-bodied palate that will need a year or two to soften. Good, if a little simple this year. 

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Jancis Robinson

17++ Points

July 2022 (Vintage 2018)

Serralunga d'Alba. Just mid ruby. Minerally and earthy rather than fruity and with hints of raw meat. Fine, clayey and layered tannins woven into the supple, generous fruit. Very long and juicy and hugely attractive with proper long, complex tannins.

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