Roagna, Barolo Rocca Pira other_regions_italy Full-bodied and ripe

Full-bodied and ripe

The 2006 San Leonardo is a masterpiece in the making

Peutes Vignes and Chaumes de Narvaux)

(includes bits of cabernet franc and petit verdot)

do be sure to listen

Roagna, Barolo Rocca Pira other_regions_italy Full-bodied and ripeThe 2003 Barolo La Rocca e La Pira, from vines between 20 and 50 years of age, is an expressive wine graced with dark cherries, plums, spices, cedar, menthol and minerals in a surprisingly accessible style for this producer. Medium in body, the wine offers superb length and finessed tannins that caress the palate through to the close. This is a little rounder, deeper and also plusher than the decidedly firm and austere Paje, and it is nearly as