| 17.5 / 20 |
Region: Piemonte
Country: Italy
Light garnet in color with some brownish tinges on the edge, the bouquet is intense and full: flowers (roses), mixed with spices and some earthier notes - tar, maybe. Extremely powerful yet very balanced.
Amazing structure in the mouth, very lively tannins and a clear acidity. It's not fruit-driven at all, relying on a mix of spicier notes, some oaky notes and tying it up all together with almost a dried fruit feel. Great balanced and intense set finishing in a really long way.
Barolos are wines made to age for a lot of time and this one certainly showed that it is still an infant. Although being decanted for a couple of hours before dinner, it was still a bit closed and the tannins were still hard. But it will definitely cellar really well.
As with most italian wines, pair it with food. This is not a wine to drink by itself.
Worked perfectly along with a wild boar ragú, matching the complexity and richness of the stew flavors.
Tasted on 2011-04-25
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