Estimate
The approach is elongated and silky, like lifting honey from a jar. The aromas are chiseled and focused with wild berry, licorice, candied orange peel, campfire ash, rusted iron, crushed graphite and pencil shaving. The wine's personality is downplayed, elegant and demure in one tasting but exuberant and expressive in the next. The tannins show snap and crunch... Structurally, it is perfect. If we were to create a template for an aspirational Barolo, this would be it.
...soft and sensual... Medium in body with silky tannins and exceptional balance...has so much to offer...generous and rich... Rose petal, mint, crushed flowers, anise and blood orange develop with time in the glass...
Sleek and stylish, with a supple texture that meshes with the firm yet ripe tannins. That's the backdrop for floral, cherry, currant, earth and tobacco flavors. Stays vibrant and fresh on the resonant finish, with terrific harmony and energy.
Great purity, lift and focus with cherry and raspberry fruit. Great freshness. Compact raspberry fruit with energetic, long tannins and a build-up of perfumed red fruit on the finish.