Barolo, Rocche di Castiglione, 2018

Complex, stylish and glitzy bejewelled red berries with a cool mineral core, Rocche is routinely stony, fine-tuned and fresh – here it stops short of austerity, instead commanding the palate through its vibrancy of fruit, bramble, spearmint, and raspberry. Long and sparkling, there is so much to love here. A steep, south-east facing Castiglione vineyard with a touch of sand in the clay soils giving fresh, fragrant, elegant wines. Aged in large used oak casks for two years.