The estate's 2001 Carobric provides a lovely contrast to the 2000. This medium-bodied Barolo opens with a perfumed nose suggesting flowers, herbs and tobacco followed by layers of sweet red fruit and a kick of menthol on the long finish. Today the 2001 Carobric comes across as more accessible than the 2000 owing to its finer, silkier tannins although I found myself captivated by the sheer fruit appeal of the 2000. Still, this is a beautiful effort.

The 2001 Barolo Carobric opens with a perfumed nose of freshly cut flowers, crushed raspberries and menthol. It offers flavors of ripe red fruits with excellent structure and length, closing with good freshness on the finish. Made from the Cannubi, Rocche di Castiglione and Bric del Fiasc vineyards, it comes across as very classic owing to its blend of fruit sourced from parcels from different communes, and therefore understandably lacks the focus and definition of Scavino’s single-vineyard wines. Anticipated maturity: 2011-2019.
-Antonio Galloni, Wine Advocate # 167 Oct 2006

(from Cannubi, Rocche di Castiglione and Bric del Fiasc, blended after their period of aging in wood) Good full red. Very spicy, Burgundian aromas of red and black fruits, Havana tobacco and meat. Fat and full on the palate, if less refined and perfumed than the Cannubi. A chunky, chewy style of Barolo that finishes with big, building tannins and very good length.