Barolo, Ciabot Mentin Ginestra, 2006

Aged for 26 months in barriques, 80% of which were new. A big, burly wine of enormous fruit, depth and savoury complexity. This is monumental and brooding, it should reward decades of cellaring, though very powerful it has a bright red fruit and mineral lift to balance off the deep dark chocolate, bramble, cassis, Asian spice, and Victoria plum richness. The finish is long and detailed, the focus being more on juiciness and freshness than the powerful attack with strong, lingering redcurrant notes.