This can be a nebbiolo-based wine from northern Italy, but it surely’s not Barolo, as its rising area is exterior the desired vary for Barolo, within the close by Aoste Valley.
The wine is brisk and acidic, showcasing notes of bitter cherry, bitter rhubarb, and baking spice, whipped right into a racy and really tart swirl. Because the wine develops on the palate, the cherry notes proceed to dominate, providing a pungent high quality that by no means strikes the drinker as delicate. A light-weight floral notice, adjoining to potpourri, emerges because the end builds, however that is delicate and understated, and finally powerless towards the punchy, bitter cherry onslaught.
B+ / $35
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