Wine Advocate: 95 pts
This is an impressive wine that beautifully captures the classic personality of this vintage. The Bruno Rocca 2016 Barbaresco Currà sees fruit from Neive, a subzone that is often characterized by the subtle power and structure of its wines. In this vintage, Currà shows balanced fruit intensity with delicate hints of toasted almond, iron rust and aniseed. There is depth and persistence for long cellar aging. What I like best about this wine is that it captures the essence of Barbaresco, a winemaking zone focused on Nebbiolo that often delivers a more open-knit and fragile interpretation when compared to neighboring Barolo. Currà is aged in small oak barrels for one year, with a second year in large oak casks, topped off with 10 months in bottle.
James Suckling: 94 pts
Such beautiful, ripe fruit on the nose with strawberry and floral undertones. Medium-bodied with round, juicy tannins. Orange peel and hints of meat. Some walnut undertones. Drink after 2023.
Vinous: 90 pts
The 2016 Barbaresco Currà is a very pretty, translucent wine. Sweet tobacco, incense, dried flowers and cedar give the 2016 lovely aromatic nuance. Here too, I find the wine a bit light, while the energy that is such a signature of this site is not really developed.