yet not soft

baking spice and wild herb accents in this sinewy Barolo

fibrous mouthfeel

Tasted at the Cos d’Estournel vertical at the property

It is one of the four or five finest efforts of the appellation

Pierre Girardin Size:6x750ml yet not soft(50% whole clusters; one barrel produced). Like the Beaux Monts, this is sufficiently reduced to largely mask what appears to be ripe fruit that derives more from the dark side of the spectrum. More interesting are the super sleek, even silky, middle weight flavors that possess a lovely sense of underlying tension on the dusty, highly complex and even firmer finish where the only nit is a touch of warmth. Very promising.