Barolo, Ceretta, Vigna Bricco, Riserva, 2019

A return to a more typically brooding Serralunga Barolo after last year’s lighter 2018, the 2019 is deep and spicy with licorice, salted forest fruits and black cherries, seasoned with gratings of earth, wood spice and camphor. On the palate, it is sleek and juicy with a sapid herbal finish. Long and detailed despite its density. A fine clay-rich Serralunga vineyard produced for the first time by Altare in the 2006 vintage, Cerretta is made and aged the same way as the estate's other Barolos but with an extra two-years of bottle age before release.