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Giulia Negri
La Tartufaia is named after the truffle wood beside the vines, high above La Morra. Cherry, rose and forest floor, fine tannins, bright acidity. The gentlest of Giulia Negri's three Barolos, and the easiest to drink young.
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The vines sit 450 to 500 metres up at Serradenari, the highest ground in Barolo, with a little Brunate fruit blended in. The 2021 is the best-liked vintage of this wine yet.
Cherry and raspberry come first, then rose petal. Under that sits the damp forest floor of the truffle wood that gives the wine its name. Earth, leather and mushroom come through even more than the fruit.
Coffee
Rose petal
Cherry
Raspberry
Eucalyptus
Wet stones
Forest Floor
Leather
LiquoriceThe vines sit 450 to 500 metres up on sandy Tortonian soil. That height shows: this is a light-footed Barolo, not a heavy one. Sour cherry and liquorice run through it, with a coffee edge from two years in big Austrian oak casks. The tannins are fine and rounded rather than gripping, and the acidity stays lively.
The finish is long and clean, with a salty, stony edge and a faint truffle note. The grip is graceful; that is the right word for it.
This is the gentlest of Giulia Negri's three Barolos. Serradenari and Marassio are deeper and firmer. Decanter calls it the best value and most approachable of the range, and drinkers like it, year after year; the 2021 is the best-liked vintage of it yet. Drink it from now to about 2036.
Corney & Barrow sell the 2021 as their own exclusive at £49.95. American shops sell the same bottle at about $85, so the UK price is the friendlier side of the market.
Six scores for one bottle. La Tartufaia is the cheapest of Giulia Negri's three Barolos, and Decanter calls it the most approachable of them, which lifts several of these numbers.
Fine tannins and lively acidity handle braises, truffle pasta and aged cheese without flattening any of them.
At £49.95 it undercuts most Barolo on the shelf, and Decanter named it the best value in Giulia Negri's range.
Barolo DOCG at £49.95 from a small La Morra estate reads as a proper occasion bottle.
Barolo rules already give it over three years before release, and Vinous sees it drinking well to 2036.
Softer and fruitier than most Barolo, so it is an easy first one, though £50 is a big first step.
A £49.95 bottle built for a slow Sunday lunch, not for a weeknight glass.
Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.
A compact view of what the Barolo denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.
2021 was warm in the Langhe but never baking, and a dry autumn of hot days and cold nights kept the fruit fresh. It is rated the most consistent Barolo year since 2016.
2021 was warm in the Langhe but never baking. A dry autumn of hot days and cold nights kept the fruit fresh. Spring frost thinned some crops, and the wines that came through are rated the most consistent Barolos since 2016.
2021 was warm in the Langhe but never baking. A dry autumn of hot days and cold nights kept the fruit fresh. Spring frost thinned some crops, and the wines that came through are rated the most consistent Barolos since 2016.
Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.
Barolo must be all Nebbiolo, and it cannot be sold until it is 38 months old, 18 of them in wood. Giulia Negri gives La Tartufaia 24 months in big Austrian oak casks.
Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.
Barolo is in the DOCG tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.
Barolo falls within Piedmont, covering Cuneo, Langhe: Barolo, Castiglione Falletto, Serralunga d'Alba, La Morra, Monforte d'Alba, Novello, Verduno, Grinzane Cavour, Diano d'Alba, Cherasco, Roddi. The denomination is further divided into 11 sub-zones.
Wine route
2 days · 7 stops
Open the driveMade at Giulia Negri, La Morra.
Wine route in the zone: Langhe Nebbiolo Route.
Three years of cellar space before a penny comes back. Giulia Negri keeps La Tartufaia in big Austrian oak casks for 24 months, longer in wood than the rules ask.
The producer's own sheet names Brunate alongside Serradenari. Brunate is one of La Morra's famous single vineyards, and grapes from a site like that cost more than the rest of the hill.
Serradenari sits 450 to 500 metres up and the producer harvests it by hand. The farming is certified organic, which means more trips through the rows.
Duty on a still wine up to 15% alcohol is £2.67 a bottle, and VAT takes a sixth of the £49.95 ticket. That is about £11 gone before anyone is paid for the wine itself.
In American shops Serradenari runs about $115 and Marassio about $180, against $85 for La Tartufaia. Decanter calls it the best value of the three.
Corney & Barrow sell the 2021 as their own exclusive at £49.95, well under the $85 the same bottle fetches in American shops.
This Barolo is fresh and fine-boned, so it does not need a slab of meat to work. The truffle wood next to the vines is the clue: mushrooms and truffle pasta are the natural match.
The vines share their hillside with the truffle wood the wine is named after, and the wine keeps that damp-earth smell. Put it beside truffle or porcini and the two aromas run together instead of competing. Try this pairing first.
Try with: Tajarin al Tartufo · Truffle risotto · Porcini mushroom risotto · Tagliatelle al tartufo di Acqualagna · More pairings →
Fat and protein from a long braise bind to the tannins and soften them, so the wine tastes rounder than it does on its own. La Tartufaia has fine tannins rather than heavy ones, so it lifts the meat instead of sitting on top of it.
Try with: Brasato al Barolo · Bollito dei Pastori · Ossobuco alla Milanese · Beef stew · More pairings →
Fresh pasta made with a lot of egg yolk coats the mouth. The acidity here is lively enough to cut straight through it and reset the palate between forkfuls. Agnolotti del Plin is a Piedmont dish and this is a Piedmont wine, which is why they fit.
Try with: Agnolotti del Plin · Tajarin al Tartufo · Tagliatelle al tartufo di Acqualagna · More pairings →
Melted Fontina and hard aged cheese leave a coat of fat on the tongue. The acidity in this wine cuts it, and the salt in the cheese makes the fine tannins feel softer.
Try with: Fonduta · Cheese board · Blue cheese · More pairings →
Game has a savoury, iron edge that matches the earth in this wine rather than fighting it. The body is medium, not heavy, so duck and venison meet it halfway. Game is one of the go-to matches for it.
Try with: Duck breast · Venison Stew · Roast Duck · More pairings →
Chilli heat makes 14.5% alcohol burn and turns fine tannins bitter. Sugar in a sweet-sour sauce flattens the fruit and leaves the wine tasting hollow. Raw fish is simply too delicate to survive it.
Skip with: Green curry · Sweet and sour pork · Ceviche · Nigiri Sushi · Pairing guide →
Vinous scores the 2021 at 94 points and puts the drinking window at 2026 to 2036. Better still, lay it down until 2027.
Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.
A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.
Aim for the cooler end on a warm day; warmer end opens up more aromatics.
Barolo rules already give it over three years before release, and Vinous sees it drinking well to 2036.
£49.95 for a 75cl bottle of the 2021, at Corneyandbarrow, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.
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Confidence · HighDrawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino and Wine-Searcher, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic.
Confidence · MediumFrom the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.
Confidence · HighOur reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.
Confidence · MediumStyle guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.
Confidence · MediumCherry and raspberry first, then rose petal and the damp forest floor of the truffle wood next to the vines. The palate is light on its feet for a Barolo, with sour cherry, liquorice and a coffee edge from two years in big oak casks. Tannins are fine and rounded rather than gripping, and the finish is long, clean and faintly salty.
It is named after the truffle ground on the estate. Giulia Negri's Serradenari vineyards run alongside a working white truffle wood in La Morra, and the family has protected that wood for years. Same vineyard, same wood, same hillside.
Yes, and an unusually good one. The season was warm but never baking, and a dry autumn of hot days and cold nights kept the fruit fresh. Spring frost cut some crops, but the wines that came through are rated the most consistent Barolos since 2016. Drinkers like this wine's 2021 more than any other year of it.
Vinous puts the window at 2026 to 2036, so it is ready now and will hold for another decade. Better still, wait until 2027. Serve it at 18 to 20 degrees, a touch below room temperature.
Truffle or mushroom pasta first. The wine grew up next to a truffle wood and keeps that damp-earth smell, so the two aromas run together. Slow-braised beef and egg-rich Piedmontese pasta also work, and so does melted alpine cheese. Skip chilli heat and sweet-sour sauces.
It is the gentlest and the cheapest of the three. Serradenari comes off the upper part of the hill and is deeper and firmer; Marassio is the most expensive. Decanter calls La Tartufaia the best value and most approachable wine in the range.
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