WineSpectator Review:
Loads of ripe fruit here with spices and cherries. Fullbodied, with velvety tannins and a long, long finish. This is big and chewy, yet balanced with lots of fruit. I like this as much as the 2000. Best after 2008.
Parker Review:
The 2001 Barolo Lazzarito is the darkest of these wines. It opens with a penetrating nose of toasted oak, cherries in liqueur, menthol, minerals and tar. The Lazzarito is a beautifully conceived wine that combines dark, backward Serralunga fruit and a very modern approach into a convincing whole, with excellent length and persistence on the palate. There is noticeably more extract in the fruit here to support the oak. Anticipated maturity 2009 to 2019.
Tanzer Review:
underbrush, with a superripe suggestion of chocolate. Big and round but dry a huge, mouthfilling, plush wine that somehow avoids heaviness, thanks in part to its underlying minerality. Finishes with substantial, thoroughly ripe tannins. Currado notes that this wine is typically Chateauneuf du Pape like in terms of its ripeness and dark fruit flavors.
