Barolo

The Via Nuova is sourced from a few different excellent vineyard sites and has resulted in a wine of real purity and focus. This has a classical profile, so sleek and elegant with notes of tea leaves, cherry fruit and ripe peach. Expressive and vibrant there is so much to love about this wine which straightens up on the finish with a lift of mint, iris and aniseed.

The Mosconi is quite simply exceptional this year. From this site of some of the oldest soils in the region this is brooding and structured wine yet with a totally seamless core of red berry fruit. Beautifully defined and controlled with a fragrance that opens with a little air, there are accents of lavender, peppery spice, and a little wild herb. The finish is so long and pure – a must have this year.

Always a classic, Albe is a blend of three vineyards from around the estate. This is quite fleshy with flavours of wild cherry, wild herbs and a little liquorice root. Already charming and welcoming, there is still a fine twist of tannins gripping the fruit. One to enjoy over the next ten years.

From very sandy soils, this is a very perfumed wine with a breath of rose petal, fresh peach and nectarine. The tannins are very fine grained and silky in feel with a delicious red cherry emphasis on the finish. A total of 54 days of maceration this year.

The Bricco delle Viole is a stunning wine this year. From a site at 480 metres on laminated white clay the nose offers aromas of red cherry, wild strawberry with hints of rose petal. This gains momentum and amplifies on the palate with a mineral, oyster shell core and sinewy, athletic feel to the finish.

From one of the most important vineyards in the Barolo region, this is a vertical wine and quite zipped up right now. There are notes of summer berries, cherry blossom and tar on the nose with a verve and vibrancy driving through the palate. An excellent Cerequio from Vietti

From one of the most important vineyards in the Barolo region, this is a vertical wine and quite zipped up right now. There are notes of summer berries, cherry blossom and tar on the nose with a verve and vibrancy driving through the palate. An excellent Cerequio from Vietti