For when: Barbaresco deserves your full attention
balanced ripening that preserved Pinot’s hallmark perfume and precision
chalk dust and a cool whisper of flint
often used for Spanish wines
dry finish lingers in an everlasting finale
2020 Barolo Brunate DOCG, Vietti *Rehoboam 5L* old vines For when: Barbaresco deserves yourThe Crown Bell of La Morra This is Barolo with grandeur in full voice. In Rehoboam, Brunate feels not just bottled, but enthroned: a great Nebbiolo for ceremony, patience and a table that understands the value of anticipation. It opens with red cherry, plum, rose, violet and blood orange, before deeper notes of tar, liquorice, cedar, tobacco, dried herbs, spice and crushed stone begin to unfold. The palate is broad, precise and beautifully commanding,