WineSpectator Review:
A delicate yet firm wine, with silky tannins and lots of berry, milk chocolate, cedar and floral character. Full to mediumbodied, with fine tannins and a silkytextured finish. Best after 2010.
Parker Review:
The 2004 Barolo Brunate is almost as impressive as the Rocche. An enveloping, seamless wine, it perfectly captures the sepiatoned nuances of the Brunate vineyard. Smoke, tar, licorice, plums, prunes and chocolate emerge from this powerful, weighty Barolo. Balsamic overtones develop in the glass, adding further complexity and elegance as this sweet, perfumed wine continues to open. It is another gorgeous offering from Vietti.
Tanzer Review:
Soildriven aromas of brown spice, earth and truffley underbrush. Quite plush and fat but succulent, with a finegrained texture to the cherry, menthol and floral flavors. This is velvetyvergingonvoluptuous, finishing with big, broad, sweet tannins and impressive length. Should offer great early appeal. Currado describes his 2001s as more austere, classic Barolos than these 2004s, which he finds to be more like the 89s.
