This is a super-classic Barolo from Brovia

The Mazzei 2015 Concerto di Fonterutoli opens to a darkly concentrated appearance and thick layers of blackberry fruit and black cherry

with lovely energy and tension underpinning the fruit

mint and lavender are all generous in this jammy

Jerome Prevost, Closerie Fac Simile Rose Vintage:N.V. This is a super-classic BaroloThe NV Extra Brut Ros Fac Simile (base 2022) is stellar. The addition of 10% still red Pinot in this warm, dry year really dials things up in a meaningful way. Kirsch, dried flowers, nutmeg, rose petal, mint and cinnamon soar out of the glass. The still red wine was especially deeply colored and potent in 2022, "more Bourgogne Rouge than the Gamay style we usually get here," Prvost adds. In 2022, the Fac Simile is positively stellar. I would be