Roagna, Barolo Pira Vv Vintage:2013 brooding and focused flavors that

brooding and focused flavors that explode on the hugely long and deep finish

palate-staining cassis

Note that like several wines reviewed above that my projected range assumes the underlying material is up to the job of successfully absorbing the wood treatment

Sweet floral and minty notes add freshness on the finish

Roagna, Barolo Pira Vv Vintage:2013 brooding and focused flavors thatThe 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