95pts Vinous

The 2020 Barbaresco Nubiola is lifted, aromatically expressive and a real delight. Cedar, sweet pipe tobacco, mint, dried flowers and crushed red berry fruit give the 2020 its high-toned personality. There's plenty of fruit and structure behind it. Give this a few years in bottle. The tannins are a bit present today, but that is always the style of this wine. A few years in bottle should do the trick.

The 2020 Barbaresco Nubiola has a dark, blackish brick red color anad is ripe and sappy on the nose, with notes of black licorice, sandalwood, black cherry pit, tobacco leaf, and worn leather. Its oak spice penetrates the palate with notes of bourbon spice and cedar, and it reveals ripe tannins and an expansive, full-bodied richness. A brooding and contemplative wine, it demands some cellar time to come together but offers a warming feel ideal for cozying up to the fireplace. Drink 2026-2046.

90pts Wine Enthusiast

The nose exudes a dark and brooding aura, dense and compact, offering roasted and charred black cherries, black raspberry jam infused with vanilla, allspice, and cinnamon, accompanied by delicate candied violets. On the palate, it's a powerhouse—firm, dense, and powerful, boasting a melange of mixed black-hued fruit jam with abundant sweet spices and dried herbs. The finish, marked by assertive tannins, beckons for a hearty grilled meat dish to complement its intensity. Drink from 2026

Tasting Notes

It has an intense ruby red colour, to the nose it has both fruity and floral notes that go from the ripe red fruit to the official herbs. Soft, tasty, velvety at the same time, leaves on the taste buds a note of sweetness and roundness typical of ripe grape with a slightly dry and astringent closure that distinguishes the Nebbiolo.

About the Wine

It is the last born of our Barbaresco wines. The first bottles date back to 2001. It belongs to an historical, traditional and cultural important denomination and it has got all the strength and complexity a great vine is able to express. The blend Nubiola shows in fact the name with which in the historical treaty of agriculture “De Ruralium Commodorum” (dated 1330) where Pier Dè Crescenzi (a jurist of Bologna) mentions one of the best vines known at that time describing it as a “a sort of black grape called Nubiola… wonderfully vinous and adapted for wine making.” Now we call that grape Nebbiolo (Nubiola is pronounced with accent on the o).