Baudana Barolo Luigi Baudana 2020

Barolo "Baudana", Luigi Baudana, Serralunga d'Alba, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy, 2020

Grape: 100% Nebbiolo, organic, tiny 1ha vineyard of 50 year old vines, sustainable farming, 30 months' ageing in 25hl Slavonian casks. 

Producer Tasting Note:

Deep ruby in colour, this wine has intense aromas of dark cherries, raspberry, white pepper, mint, cedar, and liquorice. The wine is beautifully textured with delicate hints of balsamic and liquorice coming through on the palate, culminating in a long, juicy finish.

Critics' Tasting Notes:

"‘The deep ruby-hued 2020 Barolo Baudana offers a sweet perfume of candied raspberries, cherry lozenge, crushed flowers, and sweet sage. Medium to full-bodied, it’s ripe and expansive with sweet tannins, it has a fantastic and weightless feel with a buoyant nature, and it’s floral and long on the palate, with a great apricot-noted finish. While it has a wide drinking window, it’s deserving of cellaring."

96/100 points, Jeb Dunnuck, 2024

"With fruit from Serralunga d'Alba, the Luigi Baudana 2020 Barolo Baudana is a bold and ripe expression with dark currant, black cherry, sweet orange peel and crushed red rose. Soft, earthy layers appear on the mid-palate with hints of spicy licorice. All of that intensity, with soil, fruit and spice, swells over the palate, giving this wine an impactful character. It is almost ready to drink straight out of the gate."  Drink 2025-2038

94/100 points, Monica Larner, WINE ADVOCATE, April 2024

"Subtle notes of cherries in their prime, thyme, star anise, incense, and warmed earth gradually emerge, over time, yielding a wine work the wait. On the palate, it is plush at first, but the tannins soon make their presence known, shaping the wine into a honed and chiseled example of classic Nebbiolo. The savory elements work in perfect harmony with the deep core of fruit and mouthwatering acidity, creating a Barolo that can be enjoyed now or cellared for decades. Drink Now - 2045"

95/100 points, WINE ENTHUSIAST, September 2024

Luigi Baudana is one of the smallest active wineries in Serralunga d’Alba and the entire Barolo region. With only 2.6 hectares (6.4 acres) farmed in some of the prime crus of the village, this can rightly be considered a true garagiste producer. Since 2009, Luigi and his wife have handed over the day-to-day running of the property and the winemaking to neighbouring producer, G.D.Vajra.

The one hectare cru "Baudana" is located on the western slope of Serralunga d'Alba at 250m - 350m above sea level with an ideal southerly or south-westerly facing aspect.]

Food Match: Slow-cooked red meat or game in rich sauces (Try Brasato al Barolo - braised beef in Barolo). Mushroom and white truffle dishes. Hard, aged cheeses like Parmigiano-Reggiano or Pecorino.