James Suckling (94 points):
"Attractive raspberries and cherries with hints of roselle and red spices. Some blood orange, too. Medium- to full-bodied, polished and refined with compact tannins and velvety texture. It’s ripe but fresh with pure and vivid red fruit character and a lengthy finish. Attractive now, but better after 2025."
Robert Parkers Wine Advocate (93 points):
"The Elvio Cogno 2020 Barbaresco Bordini shows extra power and heft in terms of its fruit delivery. This hot-vintage expression offers medium fruit texture with a classic presentation of cherry, redcurrant, licorice, blue flower and spice. It needs a few more years of bottle age, but we're not too far off from optimal drinking."
Jeb Dunnuck (93 points):
"Pale ruby with light garnet, the 2020 Barbaresco Bordini is elegant with the perfume of red raspberry, fresh orange peel, and fresh red flowers. On the palate, it is medium-bodied, with super-fine, sweet, polished tannins, fresh strawberry, and a good finish. It is ready to drink now or over the coming 10-15 years."