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Barolo 2014: Vintage report and tasting notes

Stephen Brook reports on the tricky 2014 vintage in this renowned appellation. Read on for his top recommendations, plus dozens more tasting notes and scores...

Barolo 2014 at a glance:

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After a stormy summer, a fine September saved the vintage, although hail did much damage. Yet top growers produced fine, elegant wines. Better in Barbaresco.

For growers in the Barolo zone, 2014 would offer a summer of anxiety. Although spring was early, there was little frost. Temperatures were normal in early summer, but there were some spells of localised rain.

In late July, when rainfall was particularly fierce, some vineyards were drenched, while a couple of kilometres away the vines received a mere sprinkling.


Quick link: See all of Stephen’s Barolo 2014 tasting notes


Barolo 2014 preview

Looking out over the vineyards of Boscareto (foreground), Ornato and Briccolina. Better autumnal weather helped to combat a cool summer in Barolo country in 2014. Credit: James Button / Decanter, 2017.

Stephen’s top picks of Barolo 2014:

 

An update of Stephen’s Barolo 2014 preview, published in late 2017

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