These wines were released during the struggles of Covid-19 but have managed to capture the market’s attention and further boost the market share of a growing region – Piedmont ytd has taken over 45% of Italy trade value, up from 28% in 2019 and 18% in 2016.
Barolo 2016 was released amidst fevered anticipation and has been described by Antonio Galloni of Vinous as “a brilliant vintage full of magnificent wines”. As he’s often asked which vintage to compare the newest to, he acknowledged, “2016 does not quite reach the stratospheric peaks of 2013 or 2010, but, and it is a big but, the average quality of wines is higher, so the likelihood of finding a beautiful Barolo in 2016 is correspondingly greater.”