Vietti, Barolo Brunate other_regions The recently-bottled 2005 Barolo Cascina

The recently-bottled 2005 Barolo Cascina Francia is

bright ruby-red

but it is among the most pleasurable wine in this tasting

and the winter following the bottling (it was bottled in May 2017 at the same time as the Laurel) is when they tend to show closed

saline and balanced finish where the citrus character telegraphed by the nose reappears on the explosive finale

Vietti, Barolo Brunate other_regions The recently-bottled 2005 Barolo CascinaThe Barolo Brunate was not made in 2014 because of hail damage. Instead, all the fruit was diverted to the Langhe Nebbiolo Perbacco instead. This newest release, the 2015 Barolo Brunate, definitely makes up for the lost ground. This is an explosive and absolutely exuberant expression of Nebbiolo from a vineyard site in La Morra near M. Marengos property. Vietti farms two parcels here, a higher side of the vineyard and a lower one (near Damilano and