Ruggeri Corsini Barolo Bricco San Pietro 2021
- 95
- $99
- Drink by: 2026-2045
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Here it is, the ethereal from Ethereal Wines (aha). A tightly knit nose, with a carefully measured mix of dried cranberries and cherries, smoked orange peel, and herbal amaro-like notes. Forget the fastidiously (and rightly so) puckering tannins, this is now in its prime. What strikes me most is the wine’s resolute assurance and confident pedigree, a “gentleman” in style: refined, composed, and quietly persistent, leaving a long-lasting impression of savouriness interlaced with piquancy and fruit texture. Despite seeming like a long reach for many, it is incredibly giving right now. The paradox of Barolo.
Lisa Cardelli is an Italian-born wine professional who has been based in Melbourne since 2010. She worked as a sommelier in some of the city’s leading fine-dining restaurants for over ten years before leaving hospitality to become a wine sales representative. Lisa is now a journalist for Il Globo, the newspaper for Italians in Australia and around the world, where she also curates her own wine column. She continues to write about wine for both local and international publications and is on track to become one of the few prolific bilingual wine writers in Australia. A certified WSET Educator, she teaches at various venues across Melbourne. She also judges at local wine shows and for the prestigious Australia’s Wine List of the Year Awards and China’s Wine List of the Year Awards. Lisa was the recipient of the 2022 Wine Communicators of Australia award for Best Published Feature Article, a finalist for the same award in 2024, the recipient of the 2022 Sydney Royal Wine Professional Development Scholarship sponsored by the Len Evans Foundation, and one of twelve carefully selected Len Evans Scholars in 2024.
