Barolo

Deep and introspective. The nose paints a cold autumn day - you're remembering summer strawberries tainted by briar tea, but you're surrounded by forest floor, wet leaves, damp earth, cold tea gone tannic, dried flowers that still hold echoes of warm evenings. Perhaps a touch of medicinal herbs, but this is primarily about the beauty of restraint meeting elegance. The tannins are powdery, drying, yet the texture soothes everything - taming both tannin and acidity into something seamless. Multi-layered and genuinely beautiful. A wine to savour across a long evening.

Compared to the 2020, the 2019 is deeper, more introspective. If 2020 was a breezy summer morning, then 2019 is a quiet, rainy autumn day. The trademark strawberry is there, but it's wrapped in layers of tea, dried roses, and a bit of earth. With time, bitter herbs begin to emerge. It drinks with more gravity - the tannins are more pronounced, a touch more granular, yet everything is beautifully integrated. Complex, layered, and deeply elegant. Rounded, contemplative, and seriously delicious.

This wine is truly remarkable. It exudes a perfumed elegance yet delivers a distinct fruit intensity with notes of cherry, black currant, and raspberry. Hints of spice, wood, and wet earth add complexity. Despite its power, it remains beautifully delicate. It requires time to fully open, revealing a fresh and robust character with firm, slightly youthful tannins. While the tannins are somewhat tingling and dry, the juiciness shines through. An excellent value.