Renato Ratti Rocche dell'Annunziata Barolo

A magnificent Northern Italian red wine displaying a brilliant garnet red color. The complex nose opens with a delicate and persistent bouquet of ripe red cherries, raspberries, and pressed rose petals, beautifully layered with characteristic traces of licorice, sweet tobacco leaf, and a distinct undercurrent of crushed stones. On the palate, it balances a full, warm fruit depth and vibrant, refreshing acidity with extremely elegant, silky, and finely grained tannins that extend into a long, majestic, and mineral-driven finish.

Food Pairing: Pairs flawlessly with roasted game meats, slow-braised beef, rich white truffle risotto, and exceptionally well-aged hard cheeses.

97 Points - Wine Enthusiast

The stunning wine opens with a mix of tart red and blue berries, rose and sweet and savory spices that evolve into more savory and earthy notes. The palate is refined, framing the cherry-driven sip with tobacco and wild herb flavors to near unison. It's sublime on the finish, with vibrant acidity and fine tannins that will give the wine life for years to come.

97 Points - James Suckling

Lots of dried flowers here give a perfumed nature to it with berries and citrus. Hibiscus water, too. Full-bodied and chewy with lots of tannins and vivid acidity. Subtle plum and strawberry character. Muscular and formed. This needs time. Try after 2028.

96 Points - Robert Parker's 

Pietro Ratti's 2019 Barolo Rocche dell'Annunziata opens to a delineated bouquet with a mineral note or iodine that dovetails into purple berry fruit and lots of dried red rose and crushed flower. That evident floral imprint is something I often find in the wines that come from this side of La Morra in the south-facing ridge of vines in Rocche dell'Annunziata. With more time in the glass, the mineral note pushes to the forefront of this elegantly contoured mid-weight Barolo. The wine is powerful and tight but beautifully fragrant at the same time. Production is 6,000 bottles.

94 Points - Wine Spectator 

A touch lean, this red still reveals macerated cherry, strawberry, menthol, iron and spice aromas and flavors aligned to a silky texture. In the end, this is austere for now, with a long, kaleidoscopic finish. Better with air, so decant now or be patient. Best from 2026 through 2045. 121 cases imported.