Some fresh leather and bright, ripe red fruit on offer here. This is a quiet, stoic style that has firm and assertive tannins that hold long. Demanding for now, so give this some time. Try from 2023
The 2016 Barolo Bussia is a very pretty, ethereal Barolo that will drink well right out of the gate. Crushed flowers, orange zest, mint, sweet red berry fruit and cedar are all very nicely lifted. This is an especially gracious, mid-weight style. I would ...
The 2016 Barolo Vigne dei Fantini is dark, powerful and beguiling. A whole range of heady, balsamic-inflected nuances emerge as this sumptuous, beautifully layered Barolo shows off its considerable charms. Plush, racy and forward, the 2016 will also drink...
With a beautifully saturated dark color and lots of generous cherry and blackberry, there's a lot packed into this bottle of Braida 2018 Barbera d'Asti Montebruna. The fruit is plump, succulent and packed tight. Montebruna is distinguished by its bright a...
Brezza's 2015 Barolo Sarmassa is dense, powerful and quite alluring. The tannins need time to soften, but a core of dense fruit lies behind all of the structural intensity that is present today, and is only waiting for the right time to emerge fully. Ment...
From a vineyard site in the comune of Barolo at the heart of the appellation, the Broccardo 2016 Barolo Paiagallo shows a dense and loosely knit textural fiber with solid heft and power that gives the wine a heavy center of gravity. This is more of a brai...