The recently-bottled 2005 Barolo Cascina Francia is

intense and beautifully stony medium weight flavors exhibit focused power on the long and chiseled finish where the wood telegraphed by the nose reemerges

all wrapped in a mouth coating

floral and ample spice and earth nuances

Louis Jadot, Beaune Celebration other_regions The recently-bottled 2005 Barolo Cascina(16 different Beaune 1ers are combined to create a blend; it is only produced in top vintages). A very ripe nose yet still reasonably fresh nose combines notes of spice, plum, earth and a floral top note. The supple, round and seductively textured medium weight flavors possess a caressing mouthfeel that contrasts somewhat with the firm and relatively powerful finish. This could use more depth though it seems reasonably clear that the underlying