Hedonistic but hardly recognizable as Nebbiolo. The nose evokes some of the hot vintages in the southern Rhone, with fig cake and jam. Dense, with rich and chocolate-covered fruit. The finish is halted by a wall of drying tannins that clearly need to settle in. Needs time, and it needs a consumer who doesn’t care too much for a wine’s sense of place. Just please me, baby! E.D.
WHO Bruno Rocca
WHAT Nebbiolo
WHERE Italy, Piedmont, Langhe, Barbaresco
WHEN 2000
HOW MUCH $150
