During Vinitaly in April, senior editor Bruce Sanderson invited eight Barolo producers to revisit the 2012 vintage in a non-blind tasting. He found the wines—including cru bottlings from Renato Ratti, Cavallotto, Pio Cesare, Massolino and others—to be elegant expressions of Nebbiolo, good for drinking now or for continued cellaring. Read on for Sanderson's non-blind scores and tasting notes on the wines from this vintage, published in the July 31, 2022, issue of Wine Spectator.
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