Renato Ratti, Barolo, Marcenasco

Beautiful Barolo, great year, soft tannins, typical nebbiolo aromas

2015 vintage

Simply amazing! Velvety silky tannins and fine texture.

2015 vintage

Easy recognisable as Nebbiolo. Would’ve guessed it a bit older already. Quite approachable. Outstanding wine. No further notes.

2015 vintage

Purtroppo aveva un forte sentore di tappo.

2015 vintage

Almost Perfection !!!

2015 vintage

Elegant styled Barolo, direct with strawberry, rose and anise the primary components. Full bodied and broad on the palate with excellent freshness and overall balance, gently extracted. Long finish with firm, ripe tannins. Not complex at this stage, though on point and crystalline in expression. Plenty of structure for further aging, remains quite fresh. Will target 5-10 years for next bottle.

2015 vintage

Consistent with previous notes. No hurry with this beautiful wine, will certainly last for another 10+ years. 93+

2015 vintage

Amazing Barolo with all classic notes nebbiolo from Ratti

2015 vintage

Flavors of cassis, leather, cherry and clay . Ate w/ mushroom risotto one night and venison ragú the second night. Delicious compliment to both.

2008 vintage

Third bottle of a 2015 Nebbiolo horizontal tasting. This confirms my love for Nebbiolo and Barolo specifically. Nicely balanced wine, decent body and acidity along with red fruit, cherry. Medium finish. This 2015 is a 50th anniversary bottling because Renato Ratti first vinified his Marcenasco 'Cru' as a single vineyard in 1965, pioneering this practice.

2015 vintage

In a perfect drinking window with well integrated tannins, tertiary and primary flavors in combination. A bit dry in the mid palate

2012 vintage

emergency pop'n pour Same quality as a year ago, improved over the 2 hours it took to finish so would stilll recommend 3-4 hour decant

2012 vintage

Classis neo-modern Barolo. Not overly dark and oaky (but in that direction), but on palate classic notes of tar, smoke, herbs. Bottle 11 of 12 drunk and have several lying other vintages. Unsurpassed quality price ratio.

2015 vintage

Great fruit and acidity, well balanced, perhaps lacks a little depth I might expect at this price point. Still young.

2015 vintage

Till en mixed grill av lokalt från Hassel och Kiruna tillsammans med smör och grillade grönsaker var detta en perfect match. Bra idag men dricker sista inom ett år.

2008 vintage

Decanted a few hours in advance. Fairly deep ruby. Rich dark fruit, some green and vanillin on the nose. Solid feel, medium weight. Black cherry, excellent acidity, a tad of astringent wood at the end. Very good.

2008 vintage

Needs a hour decant

2015 vintage

Lightly perfumed nose of rose petals and cherry. Medium bodied. Long finish that seemed to be dominated by tannins and an tar like earthiness

2015 vintage

Very nice Barolo Marcenasco from Ratti, a very reliable producer indeed. Classical in style with elegant notes of roses, sweet cherries, red apples and tar. Great now, but with potential to evolve. 93+

2015 vintage

Really nice color, starting to brick a bit. Very bright, just starting to resolve its tannins. Long life ahead

2015 vintage

Coravin. Dunkles Granatrot. Tolle Kirchenfenster. Wunderbare Nase, Teer, Schwarztee, Kräuter. Im Gaumen immer noch jugendlich, präsente aber angenehme Tannine und Säure. Kirschen, aber auch diese ölige Note. Kann man gut jetzt trinken aber auch noch gut 5 Jahre warten.

2008 vintage

Drank over 3 nights. Best on night 3. Medium red color. On nose, rose petals, sweet / sour cherry with medicinal notes. Medium body, medium+ tannins, medium acidity and long finish. This has aged beautifully. 93+/-

2015 vintage

Robe toujours ferme.Bouquet peu causant il faut vraiment agiter le verre pour y déceler des notes de fruits rouges (cerise),de prune,des notes vanillées et torréfiées.La bouche par contre procure déjà bien du plaisir avec une tenue souple pour un Barolo,des tanins fondus.Longueur correcte.Il peut encore se bonifier dans les 5-10 ans qui viennent.Dommage ce nez un peu faiblard.

2008 vintage

Brick-redbrown, clear and transparent. Strawberries and lots of ceder. Rich nose and great concentration. Balances acidity and light tannins. Nice!

2012 vintage

A forthcoming wine with plenty of vanilla tones. Surprisingly rich and fruity, full for a barolo. Fully integrated tannins and a long after taste

2008 vintage

👃 Ripe black currant, strawberry, rose-infused black tea, a hint of balsamic and some VA or ethyl acetate (similar to the pungent smell of fresh basil), which clears after a couple of minutes of aeration. 👅 Medium-bodied with lively acidity (m+), pleasant structure with firm tannins, dark chocolate on the palate and interestingly, a long finish of savory Serrano ham. 📝 Back in Stockholm after 3 weeks in Piemonte. With its 12 years under the belt I expected more tertiary …

2012 vintage

Decanted for an hour then back in the bottle for another 6 hours of slow ox. Classic Barolo - dried rose petals, dried cherries, and herbs. “Lighter” in style for a Barolo, but of course the Nebbiolo power is still there. Really enjoyed this

2015 vintage

This pours pale, light ruby in the glass with touches of orange toward the rim. The nose is of cherry, tar, perfume, bay leaf, dry dusty soil, forest floor, and candied cherry. The palate enters on the airy red fruit, with medium plus tannin and medium plus acid. The finish shows leather and tar, with lovely little floral accents. All in all this is offering up a tremendously enjoyable experience and a really nice early drinking window, remarkably wide open. …

2015 vintage

Med. ruby with a very slight bricking on the edge. Classic nose of rose and tar, Powerfull on the palate with ripe sour cherries and a long finish. about a 4 hour decant which seemed fine. these will be fine the next 10 years.

2012 vintage

Didn't take notes - but my note from 2/2022 looks about right "rose petals, sweet cherry, tart cherry, cedar and red licorice on nose. On palate, still fruit dominant (sweet/sour cherry and strawberry) with touch of savory undertones. Medium+body, high acidity, medium tannins and long finish." 93-94 range. Has improved a little so probably closer to 94 today.

2015 vintage

(Decanted for one and a half hour) Mature nose showing leather, herbs on the nose and palate with sweet jammy fruit combined with silk smooth tannins in a very nice and pleasant way. (Best 2018-2028)

2008 vintage

From what I recall this was very good the first night as it opened up, but less so day two. Only let it breathe about one hour.

2015 vintage

Roses, anisees, ripe dark cherries and some wilted leaves. Really grippy tannins directly upon opening but the tannins mellows and the wine opens up great after 45 minutes in a decanter. Really nice compination of fruit and some development right now. Great wine!

2015 vintage

very good wine; fruit , seems young and some sweet taste (like a chianti) ; in my view more fruit than the 2004;

2008 vintage

Lovely mature barolo. Fairly light colour, browning on the rim. Classic mushroomy/tertiary flavours, but with enough remnants of fruit to keep it fresh. Decent acidity with a hint of tannin, particularly on the finish. I'd say no massive rush to drink up, but don't leave it too long.

2012 vintage

for tynn og lett til å være en god barolo

2015 vintage

Very nice mature drinking wine. Pleasant fruit still there with a nice undertone of earth.

2012 vintage

Virkelig dejlig duft og smag. Kraftigere end anden Barolo fra 2013 drukket samtidig. Drikkelklar men kan bestemt ligge

2015 vintage

Wonderful colors in the glass and some mature tones on the rim. Beautiful dark fruits, integrated and together on the nose. Floral, roses, medium bodied, long, very very well balanced and a wine that I think it drinking in the peak even if this can cellar for many many years to come. A really great wine that is a fantastic example of what you can get when cellaring for 10 years.

2012 vintage

Mörka o röda bär, hög syra och fina sträva tanniner, bra balans, fin frukt

2008 vintage

The first sip on pop 'n pour had a ton of sour, tart fruit so much as to be off-putting. But no matter, this is a wine that we all should know needs a decant. With time in the glass and/or decanter, this wine put on deeper, riper, fruit aromas and flavors. There is also black truffle on the nose and the finish has a great core of minerality. The wine is even better on day 2. This is surprisingly …

2012 vintage

Butter-fried chanterelles on grilled Italian country bread, with buratta as a base. Renato Ratti's Marcenasco 2012 is in a wonderful phase right now, tannins and acidity in harmony, slightly darker fruit, like dark cherry, so clear tobacco and anistones. Had guessed 2015, 2016 considering tannins and acidity, will last many more years. Perfect match tonight. Drink or hold.

2012 vintage

50th anniversary edition of the wine. Lovely aromas of cherry, raspberry, tar, and baking spices. Still a bit tight. Flavours on the palate follow the nose with a lot of structure to the wine. Tannins are noticeable but not obtrusive. Very good length and good amount of acid. Silky finish

2015 vintage

Still alive and kicking. This bottle had not been stored perfectly throughout its life, but still very nice!

2008 vintage

This is good to go. No need to wait longer. Perfect pasta wine.

2012 vintage

This was my first experience with Ratti. Drank after leaving it open for three hours. This was a really sublime wine. Translucent brick red colour. Nose evoking dried flowers, leather, sigar box and so much more interlaced in a most harmonious way. On the palate it felt almost weightless and ethereal. Damn it was so good!

2015 vintage

Pasta carbonara

2012 vintage

Tasted next to other Barolos, which were substantially younger. This one showed a surprisingly dark red color—aromas of cherry, tar, leather, herbs, and mushrooms. Medium+ body! Mellowed tannins at this age and ample acidity keep it fresh. I was surprised by how easy this was to drink.

2008 vintage

Wow! Such a treat! Sour cherries, flower shop, spices, leather, dirt. High acid and tannins, but mouthwatering effects win and the bottle is gone way to quick. “Elegant, intense, well-made” Edit: stored last small glass infridhe overnight (in closed bottle, but no Argon or similar). That sample was maybe even better. Lots of years left in this 2012 barolo (- and with the nice quality “Diam 10” cork, I do not fear it will go bad soon.

2012 vintage

Omelet m. svamp

2012 vintage

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