The 2019 Marco Marengo Barolo Brunate is a powerful, cellar-worthy classic from one of Barolo’s most revered crus. With 97 points from Wine Advocate and 96 from James Suckling, it’s deeply structured yet lifted with red fruit, florals, and that signature Brunate minerality. Dense tannins and impressive complexity make this a long-haul gem—drink from 2027 onward for the full experience.

The Wine Advocate | RP 97
Published: Aug 24, 2023
Drink: 2025-2048

The 2019 Barolo Brunate is a fleshy and hearty Nebbiolo with ample structure and staying power. The bouquet offers dark fruit, candied plum, blue flower, spice and rusty mineral. There is a hint of rosemary sprig or forest bramble as well. Brunate ends with almost metallic-like notes that are characteristic of this vineyard cru, and the wine has plenty of structure to carry it through more years of bottle age. Production is 6,000 bottles.

Marco Marengo and his family have recently added to their holdings in the famed Valmaggiore vineyard, with steep flanks and sandy soils, in the Roero winemaking district.

Jamessuckling.com | JS 96
Published: Jul 28, 2023

This is earthy and spiced yet fresh and red-fruited at the same time, with cherries and peach skins as well as dried flowers and decomposed wood undertones. Impressive complexity and structure with medium to full body and densely packed, fine tannins. Balanced and long. Try after 2027.

Jancisrobinson.com | JR 18
Published: Mar 20, 2023
Drink: 2028-2045

Transparent crimson. Leafy and refreshing with masses of subtlety, pure fruit but a very dry finish – so much so that you'd be crazy to drink this before 2025. Still a baby. This is the only vintage in this entire vertical tasting of this wine (1997–2019) that I feel I couldn't drink now.