Roagna, Barolo Pira Vv Vintage:2013 Lemon to gold ingot

Lemon to gold ingot

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

pure and highly complex red berry fruit aromas nuanced by a hint of iron oxide (a rusty earth character) that precedes rich

brooding and focused flavors that explode on the hugely long and deep finish

Sweet floral and minty notes add freshness on the finish

Roagna, Barolo Pira Vv Vintage:2013 Lemon to gold ingotThe 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