The 2007 Barbaresco Ovello - Vigna Loreto is everything I expect from a wine from one of Barbaresco’s top sites. This impeccable, elegant Barbaresco flows with red berries, flowers, anise and minerals in a weightless, ethereal style that takes on an extra gear of richness in expression of the vintage. All of the elements are beautifully in place as the Ovello - Vigna Loreto captivates the palate with layers of silky, finessed fruit. This is another gorgeous Barbaresco from Rocca. Astute readers will notice the slight name change in this wine that is the result of the newly passed regulations that limit how vineyard and plot names are used. Anticipated maturity: 2012-2027.
93 points - The Wine Advocate (February 2011)
Pure flavors of black currant, blackberry, violet and spice are focused, if less typical, with a hint of licorice flirting around the edges on the finish. This is dense, harmonious and long. Best from 2013 through 2025.
93 points - Wine Spectator Insider (January 26, 2011)
Plenty of blueberry and blackberry on the nose, with a hint of lavender. Full bodied, with silky tannins and a long, juicy finish. Brimming with complexity, but still needs some bottle age. Pull the cork in 2014.
92 points - James Suckling (March 2011)
Good dark red. Slightly reduced aromas of black cherry, licorice and mint. Much more backward than the normale, but displays the creaminess of the vintage along with very good definition. A chewy, dense, very young wine that finishes with serious tannins and excellent length and lift. Rocca will bottle his 2007 Barbarescos in November, as usual.
91-93 points - Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar (Nov/Dec 09) | 
