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Barolo, Riserva, Rocche dell'Annunziata [Library Release 2026], 2006
High-toned, floral red fruit touches on the nose belie a much bigger, more brooding palate; crisp, juicy, dense, extremely powerful and firm muscled with forest berry flavours, fresh structure and crunchy with sweet fruit earth and mineral on the finish. A monumental Barolo built for the long term. A great vineyard planted with old vines dating back to 1942. Aged for one year in barriques and a year and a half in large French oak cask.
critic reviews
Dark red. Dark fruits, violet, licorice and menthol on the tight nose. Very deep and powerfully structured, with a youthful toughness to the flavors of black cherry, violet and mint. Drier and much more backward than the 2005 version, finishing with granular, mouthclenching tannins and superb length. This will need another decade in the cellar. Will it ever offer the aromatic complexity of the 2005?