Piedmont: New Releases

Much more backward in style, quite dark but also slightly reduced. Quite balsamic on the nose, with lots of darker fruit. There’s a sweetness and softness here. Nice tannins here, and this is very saline, too. Lovely depth and purity. Very well balanced.

Really nice fruit, almost citrus and red berries. Good concentration, nice hint of reduction, and there’s lots of tannic structure here. This is very finely judged and good length, Slightly herbal in character, quite mineral on the finish.

The 2018 Barolo Bricco Boschis is really elegant, detailed, complex and fine on the nose. This has delicate, ripe fruit and lots of floral lift: it opens up into a fine-boned palate with amazing complexity and length. This is a Nebbiolo for lovers of elegant, ethereal wines: the truest expression of the grape. It’s incredibly well balanced: this is a stunning Bricco Boschis, that’s so ethereal and pure.

In the heart of the Cru - in the historic part of the vineyard - but they planted it in 2011. Much deeper and darker. Purity on the nose, balsamic element to this, too. Plenty of exotic spice. The palate is weightless but builds, and there’s an almost Grand Cru Burgundy level of effortless concentration. The tannins then build, more and more, and so saline and long.