Still the beautiful madness it was last time. Pinot Nero reimagined through pine resin and fir branches, with bright, unapologetic aromatics. Cooked red pepper, iron-blood notes, wild herbs, eucalyptus. Bone dry on the palate but with sweet tannins that create a bizarre push-pull - somehow it works. Still a teenager in designer shoes, edges showing, but already compelling. Give it another decade.
This is Pinot Nero reimagined by a madman - and I mean that as the highest compliment. Take elegant red fruits and flowers, then drench it in pine resin and cover with fir branches. The aromatics are bright and unapologetic, almost aggressive in their openness. Bone dry on the palate but with tannins so sweet they create this bizarre push-pull that somehow works. There's cooked red pepper vegetality, iron-blood notes, wild herbs, eucalyptus. Five years in those massive casks haven't tamed it yet - this is still a teenager learning to walk in designer shoes. Not fully integrated, edges still showing, but already compelling. Long, deep, properly delicious despite its awkward youth. Give it another decade and it might become something transcendent. Right now it's just beautifully weird.
