87 Points | International Wine Cellar , November/December 2011

(from the family's nebbiolo vines that are less than 20 years of age):  Pale, bright red.  Red fruits, minerals, mint and woodsmoke on the nose, plus vanilla and resin notes from the oak.  Intense and sweet but oaky and a bit generic, with slightly dull red fruit flavors along with saline and earthy nuances.  The wood element gives the finish a dry quality.  This is the only Conterno wine aged in French oak (100% new barriques for 18 months), and is in a distinctly more international style than the family's Barolos, which are aged in large Slavonian oak casks.

92 Points | Wine Spectator

88 Points | Robert Parker's The Wine Advocate