The Marchesi di Barolo Barolo Sarmassa draws its fruit from a basin of vines that you see off the road while heading into the village of Barolo from the north. Just past the intersection is the cream-colored Marchesi di Barolo winery. The 2019 Barolo Sarmassa reveals medium-dark concentration and ripe aromas of dried cherry and blackberry. Those fruit tones are folded into soft spice and cinnamon. Production is 9,000 bottles.

Violets and cool strawberries with some raspberries on the nose. Medium body, with firm and silky tannins that give a minerality to the blue fruit character. Give it time to blossom. Try after 2027.