M. Marengo, Barolo (Piedmont, Italy) “Brunate” 2010

($62, Marc de Grazia Selection): Barolo experts and aficionados agree that Brunate, a vineyard than spans both communes of Barolo and La Morra, is one of the top spots in the Barolo DOCG.  Marengo owns about 3 acres of this 62-acre vineyard and from it they have produced an irresistible wine in 2010.   The delicate, but explosive, floral notes stand in contrast to the wine’s sturdy stature.  Its power and finesse is most apparent in an extraordinary — seemingly endless — finish.  As with many great young wine, it grows in the glass.  It belongs in the cellar for at least a decade before putting it on the table.  There’s some in mine.
95 Michael Apstein May 5, 2015