James Suckling

This is very refined and integrated with lots of chewy tannins but they are melted into the wine. Flowers, strawberry and dried orange character. Some candied strawberry and watermelon, too. It lacks a tiny amount in the center palate, but still all there. Drink after 2026.

Jeb Dunnuck

The 2019 Barolo Marcenasco is spiced and fragrant with cinnamon, fresh leather, red cherry, and clove. It is expressive through the palate, with wild berries, cedar, forest floor, and a well-balanced, ripe structure. Drink 2025-2040.

Robert Parker Wine Advocate

From vineyards just outside this modern winery with external wood paneling and sleek architectural lines at the bottom of the La Morra ascent, this is Ratti's best-known wine and also its biggest production with 70,000 bottles made. The 2019 Barolo Marcenasco shows the benefits of a stylistic rejigger that prizes subdued elegance and finesse. The wine is visibly leaner in appearance and it opens to ethereal tones of blue flower, dried cherry, blood orange and chalky mineral. These little tweaks have opened an exciting new chapter for Marcenasco.

I notice that the brand name for this estate seems to be transitioning from Renato Ratti to Ratti. The big news from this historic estate in La Morra is the introduction of a new wine, the 2019 Barolo Serradenari, made with fruit from a little nearby farmhouse acquired in 2018. The vines sit at a breezy 500 meters in elevation in a little amphitheater with views of the Alps and the Monviso Mountain. Piero Ratti describes Serradenari as

Raffaele Vecchione - WinesCritic.com

Wine Enthusiast

This Barolo is defined by its purity of tart red fruits that interplay with more delicate aromas of dried flowers and savory spices. The palate is sturdy and structured with a solid core of ripe cherries mixed with dried tea leaves finishing with vibrant acidity.