Roagna, Barolo Pira Vv Vintage:2013 this is not to say

this is not to say that it is an elegant wine though it is less youthfully austere than I typically find with this wine

A Syrah-dominated red

My only real criticism of Roederer is the estates insistence on using lot numbers that resemble missile launch codes in their complexity

The bunches on average were loose and the berries small

Roagna, Barolo Pira Vv Vintage:2013 this is not to sayThe 2011 Barolo Pira Vecchie Viti is deep, powerful and inviting, even with all of its forbidding tannin. In this vintage, the two Barolos are quite different. The straight Pira is quite delicate, while the Vecchie Viti is all muscle, brawn and old style classicism. Dark stone fruit, graphite, smoke, licorice, sage, menthol and dark spices shape the huge finish. This is an unusual 2011 that needs cellaring. Antonio Galloni