Roagna, Barolo Pira Vv Vintage:2013 palate-staining cassis

palate-staining cassis

Lemon to gold ingot

Perhaps this is a little sharper than the 2015 at the moment without the same roundness or depth

Sweet floral and minty notes add freshness on the finish

My only real criticism of Roederer is the estates insistence on using lot numbers that resemble missile launch codes in their complexity

Roagna, Barolo Pira Vv Vintage:2013 palate-staining cassisThe 2011 Barolo Pira Vecchie Viti is deep, powerful and inviting, even with all of its forbidding tannin. In this vintage, the two Barolos are quite different. The straight Pira is quite delicate, while the Vecchie Viti is all muscle, brawn and old style classicism. Dark stone fruit, graphite, smoke, licorice, sage, menthol and dark spices shape the huge finish. This is an unusual 2011 that needs cellaring. Antonio Galloni