Barolo Riserva

Iodine, the sensation of cutting fresh green walnuts. Medicinal notes dominate - this is a wine that's more about the apothecary than the orchard. Fruit exists but takes a back seat. Acidity is piercing, tannin still powerful and present. Very beautiful, deeply layered, serious in a way the '71 isn't - less charming, more contemplative. A wine that asks you to sit with it rather than enjoy it.