Vietti, Barolo Ravera other_regions Taylor's was and is always

Taylor's was and is always one of my benchmarks for what a Port should taste and smell like

This reaches 15% alcohol

particularly on the superbly complex and highly persistent finish

concentrated yet impressively refined wine with plenty of inner mouth perfume as well as an abundance of palate coating old vine sap that serves to cushion the still quite firm tannic spine on the strikingly persistent finish

Vietti, Barolo Ravera other_regions Taylor's was and is alwaysThe Vietti 2016 Barolo Ravera sees fruit from Novello in a site that faces the Novello castle up on the hill in the distance. This wine offers an impeccable balance between nose and mouth, showing immense purity and power all in one package. That harmony is sublime, and it forces the spotlight on Ravera, especially in a classic vintage such as this. This expression hits all the major cornerstones of a great Barolo, and this vintage does a great job of