It is a fragrant

I prefer this in that it delivers pure power without weight with that lovely velvety quality on the finish

because it is mostly Cabernet Franc from a very chalky vineyard in Gualtallary at 1

At fifteen years of age

My sense is that while this will age effortlessly for decades

Roagna, Barbaresco Albesani other_regions_italy It is a fragrantDrawing its fruit from a leased vineyard in Neive, the Roagna 2014 Barbaresco Albesani opens to a medium ruby color with pretty garnet highlights. The wine is redolent of dark fruit, dried cherry, tilled earth and black licorice. There is much more aromatic intensity here than you might expect given the rather subtle and nuanced appearance the wine makes in the glass. The soils in Albesani are fundamentally calcareous, and these conditions add to the