Many of its peers show the inky and concentrated fruit of this hot and dry vintage
The supple but tautly muscular medium weight plus flavors possess a suave mouth feel thanks to the abundant dry extract that both coats the palate and buffers the very firm tannic spine on the highly persistent and imposingly powerful finish
This is such a pretty wine
Note that this is firm enough to repay up to a decade of keeping
vibrant and beautifully well-delineated flavors possess a plush mid-palate texture that also contrasts with the compact
Giovanni Corino, Barolo Vecchie Vigne Vintage:2006 Many of its peers showBright dark red. Classic Barolo aromas of red cherry, dried rose and minerals, plus a whiff of chocolate. Wonderfully pristine and aromatic in the mouth, with lovely inner mouth perfume to the cherry and brown spice flavors. Firm, ripe tannins reach the front teeth on the extremely long aftertaste. A very intense and elegant midweight with the structure for a long life in bottle. Corino ages this wine in a high percentage of new barriques, but I never