Lot 326
2017 DOCG Barolo (92-points)
Description
Stylistically richer and riper, this will have massive appeal; however, let me be clear, these are not a repeat of the über-hot, overripe 2003 vintage Barolos. Riper fruit, yes, but with all the elegant structure and class one would expect from a delicious vintage - you are going to love this!
Deep garnet in the glass. The bouquet is immediate with morello cherry, leather, tobacco and spicy minerality. It soon blossoms with powdered lilac garrigue, rose petal, menthol and cinnamon beautifully complexing the ripe bouquet - and it is complex. Open knit and accessible on entry with a juicy structure gripped in robust, chewy tannins coated in red cherry and raspberry, tobacco. Great depth! The finish is juicy with mouth watering fruit and mineral-laced tannins yet velvety carrying red fruits and tobacco notes in a long, persistent finish. Fantastic!