Clos Dubreuil other_regions_italy giving the wine the right

giving the wine the right amount of freshness and sweetness to make it fun to taste today

The 2000 Barolo Riserva Le Rocche del Falletto is soft and quite open in feel

the finish precise and persistent in the mouth

concentrated yet impressively refined wine with plenty of inner mouth perfume as well as an abundance of palate coating old vine sap that serves to cushion the still quite firm tannic spine on the strikingly persistent finish

more so than the more linear and focused 2016 Brunello Pianrosso (that I preferred by a tiny margin)

Clos Dubreuil other_regions_italy giving the wine the rightEarth, spice, smoke, tobacco and plum notes create the aromatic profile. Produced from a blend of 95% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc, the wine was aged in 100% new, French oak, the wine is rich, sweet and fresh, with a smoky, black raspberry finish. There is no reason to age this any longer as it's not going to get any better.