2019 Paolo Scavino Barolo Ravera DOCG, Piedmont

With fruit from the village of Novello, this wine is more articulate and shows clearer aromas compared to some of the other Barolos in this set of new releases. The Paolo Scavino 2019 Barolo Ravera takes a little extra time to come into focus. There is dark fruit, dried cherry, spice and some light tarry smoke. With time, the wine begins to show more complexity and nuance. Some 8,200 bottles were made.

I encountered quite a few wines in my tasting of 2019 Barolo that were a little slow to open or that were in an otherwise awkward state at the moment of my sampling. Unfortunately, the problem was much more prevalent in this group of new releases from Paolo Scavino, and I found myself going back to all the wines multiple times to check on their evolution. Some opened eventually, while others did not. I think, generally speaking, I caught them at a tricky time in their bottle evolution.

95 points ML robertparker.com