JamesSuckling.com: 98 points

“This is really transparent with sweet strawberries, flowers and orange peel, as well as some conifer and pine-nut undertones. Full-bodied and layered with intense young tannins, intertwined with bright fruit. Great finish. This is really something else. Needs time to soften, of course. Try after 2025.” – James Suckling

Review date: August 2021

Jeb Dunnuck: 97 points

“The 2017 Barolo Ginestra Casa Mate has a slightly darker profile of licorice, black cherry, and wood spice. The palate is generous and structured, with plum pit, mineral-rich earth, and dried orange blossom. These are wines with incredible aromatic complexity and depth. Drink 2025-2050.” – Audrey Frick

Review date: May 2021

Vinous: 96 points

“The 2017 Barolo Ginestra Casa Matè is a dark, mysterious wine. Black cherry, menthol, tobacco, licorice, spice, new leather and pine meld together in a super-classic expression of Ginestra. Deep, rich and enveloping, the 2017 is so impressive in the early going. Here, too, the finesse of the tannins is remarkable. Drinking window 2025 – 2042.” Antonio Galloni

Review date: February 2021

Luca Gardini: 98 points

“An old-fashioned Barolo, first released in 1978. On the nose hints of cherry, laurel, cinchona and licorice at the end. The mouth displays tautness and density: salty tannins, excellent persistence. Cherry trace in the aftertaste.” – Luca Gardini

Review date: March 2021