Giulia Negri Marassio Barolo 2021

Giulia Negri Marassio Barolo 2021

Piedmont

Giulia Negri Marassio Barolo 2021

Piedmont
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95 pts Vinous
Drinking Window 2026 - 2036
The 2021 Barolo Marassio is the standout in this range from Giulia Negri. It emerges from a section at the very top of Serradenari. Everything about the 2021 speaks to finesse. A Barolo of delineation and class, the Marassio offers plenty of both. Small red fruits, rose petal, cinnamon, orange peel and menthol caress the palate. This is sublime stuff. - By Antonio Galloni, September 2025

Giulia Negri crafts gorgeous Barolos from her holdings in La Morra. The wines are transparent and super-expressive. Sustainable farming practices and minimalist winemaking are among the protocols here. I only have two small critiques. Chardonnay and Pinot Noir seem superfluous. I am not sure those can ever be truly great or distinctive wines here. I would also like to see more differentiation among the Barolos, but that’s a small quibble at this level. Giuli Negri is young, committed and making superb Barolos that deserve serious attention.

If you have had the above Tartufaia and the Serradenari this is her top cuvee from the highest altitude site in all of Barolo and less than a hectare in size (.8).  Not only does it sit at the very top of the Barolo region, unlike most of La Morra that is a high percentage of clay, the soil here is rich in limestone with veins of chalk, giving Giulia’s most dense, profound, earth- and mineral-driven Barolo—a masterpiece to revisit after some time in the cellar.

Barolo village: La Morra
Altitude: 520 meters (1,706ft ASL) the highest vineyard of Negri’s and one of the highest in all of Barolo
Soils: Tortonian with clayey loam soil with a strong presence of limestone and a sub-acidic PH.
Winemaking: Spontaneous fermentation (with some 40 days of maceration) in 60-HL truncated cone-shaped wooden vats.
Aging: 30 months in 25-HL Slavonian oak barrels.

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