this is a joyous bottle of Barbaresco Piedmont fans won’t want to be without

Fresh yet deep nose

even tangy finale where the wood telegraphed by the nose reappears

four and a half years after the disgorgement

Levy McClellan, Cabernet Sauvignon other_regions this is a joyous bottleThe 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon has a dense purple color and rugged structural components of high tannin, massive extract and loads of blackberry, blueberry and cassis fruit along with some truffle and forest floor. It is stacked and packed, so to speak, full bodied, and essentially requires any prospective purchaser to exercise some discipline and forget it for 5 10 years. It is probably a 30 to 50 year wine where well stored, which is exactly what both