Roagna, Barolo Rocca Pira other_regions_italy fresh and equally floral-suffused nose

fresh and equally floral-suffused nose offers up a mix of red and dark currant tinged with crushed fennel

do be sure to listen

(includes bits of cabernet franc and petit verdot)

but it quickly amasses power and momentum on the mid-palate

Roagna, Barolo Rocca Pira other_regions_italy fresh and equally floral-suffused noseThe 2003 Barolo La Rocca e La Pira, from vines between 20 and 50 years of age, is an expressive wine graced with dark cherries, plums, spices, cedar, menthol and minerals in a surprisingly accessible style for this producer. Medium in body, the wine offers superb length and finessed tannins that caress the palate through to the close. This is a little rounder, deeper and also plusher than the decidedly firm and austere Paje, and it is nearly as