{"id":678,"date":"2025-11-15T19:25:28","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T19:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/15\/4-0-5-barolo-alberto-ballarin-2021-piedmont-italy\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T19:25:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T19:25:28","slug":"4-0-5-barolo-alberto-ballarin-2021-piedmont-italy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/15\/4-0-5-barolo-alberto-ballarin-2021-piedmont-italy\/","title":{"rendered":"4.0\/5 &#8211; BAROLO &#8211; ALBERTO BALLARIN, 2021, Piedmont, Italy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Rating: 4.0\/5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This 2021 Barolo from Alberto Ballarin showcases a deep ruby colour with a clear appearance. The nose is pronounced, offering alluring notes of leather, red currant, and strawberry, with a hint of smoke. On the palate, the wine&#8217;s full body is dominated by high tannins and a grippy feel, balanced by medium plus acidity and a medium plus alcohol level, resulting in a dry and intense flavour profile featuring strawberry, raspberry, and tomato leaf flavours, which evolve to earthy notes of forest floor.<\/p>\n<h3>At a glance<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Type:<\/strong> Red<\/li>\n<li><strong>Appearance:<\/strong> clear, deep, ruby<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nose:<\/strong> Pronounced; leather, red currant, strawberry \/ smoke<\/li>\n<li><strong>Palate:<\/strong> Body full body, Tannin high, Acidity medium plus, Alcohol medium plus, Sweetness dry, Feel grippy, Flavour intensity pronounced<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tastes:<\/strong> strawberry, raspberry, tomato leaf \/ forest floor<\/li>\n<li><strong>Finish:<\/strong> long<\/li>\n<li><strong>Development:<\/strong> Fully Developed<\/li>\n<li><strong>Readiness:<\/strong> drink now but it will age<\/li>\n<li><strong>Balanced:<\/strong> yes<\/li>\n<li><strong>Complex:<\/strong> yes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Food pairings<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Grilled lamb chops with rosemary<\/li>\n<li>Wild mushroom risotto with parmesan<\/li>\n<li>Spicy chorizo and red bell peppers<\/li>\n<li>Pan-seared duck breast with cherry compote<\/li>\n<li>Roasted eggplant with goat cheese<\/li>\n<li>Grilled portobello mushrooms with olive tapenade<\/li>\n<li>Meatball sub with marinara sauce<\/li>\n<li>Seared tuna with roasted red peppers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rating: 4.0\/5 This 2021 Barolo from Alberto Ballarin showcases a deep ruby colour with a clear appearance. The nose is pronounced, offering alluring notes of leather, red currant, and strawberry, with a hint of smoke. On the palate, the wine&#8217;s full body is dominated by high tannins and a grippy feel, balanced by medium plus [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":677,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-678","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wineclub"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/15489_20251115192504.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sellick.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}