2015 Barolo, Monvigliero, Comm. G.B. Burlotto, Piedmont, Italy

Lustrous and just mid ruby with orange tinges. Beautifully perfumed cherry and raspberry fruit laced with exotic spice. Gorgeous supple and fresh palate with bags of coating tannins, which never overpower the elegant, long-lasting fruit. Very embryonic.

Drink 2020 - 2032

I mentioned that slightly wild side of Verduno in a previous review for Comm. G.B. Burlotto. For further clarity, put your nose into the beautiful 2015 Barolo Monvigliero. This subdued and graceful wine grows in intensity the longer it stays in the glass. The wine offers blue flower aromas with violets, wild rose, cumin seed, saffron and crushed mineral. This wine plays its best cards when you focus on the smallest details, and then suddenly, those tiny brush strokes explode into a big-picture, panoramic view of one of the most celebrated vineyard sites in Barolo.

Drink 2022 - 2045

Fabio Alessandria impressed with his Monvigliero 2014. In the cool, rainy vintage he was able to produce a Barolo with a Pinot-like elegance. He was one of the first producers to introduce a small amount of stalks to the Nebbiolo during winemaking. In the warm vintage of 2015 his Monvigliero is extremely pale and garnet-coloured yet full of fresh flowery notes such as peony, violet and rose, with rhubarb plant, wild strawberry and cinnamon candy aromas and flavours. Super elegant, it shows firm, velvety tannins with an austere finish yet a great integration of fruit. Rarely is it possible to taste such a balance of elegance and power.

Drink 2020 - 2050

The 2015 Barolo Monvigliero is a wine of pure and total seduction. The warm vintage has filled out the wine's frame beautifully. The interplay of ripe, succulent 2015 fruit and aromatic intensity from the whole clusters yields a positively stunning, breathtaking wine of the very highest level. Once again, Burlotto's Barolo Monvigliero takes a place among the most compelling wines of the vintage. Readers who can find it should not hesitate!

Drink 2023 - 2055