Fratelli Alessandria Barolo DOCG, Piedmont, Italy 2017 Kokomo While structured and built for

While structured and built for the long term

this wine opens with aromas of ripe blackberries

It's going to need 4-5 years of bottle age and keep for two decades

the Barruol Lynch Cote Rotie La Doree can’t help but exude earthy hints of leather and spice and everything nice

A light echo of peanut toffee adds just enough cut on the finish

Fratelli Alessandria Barolo DOCG, Piedmont, Italy 2017 Kokomo While structured and built forThis Barolo opens to tight elegance and a nervous quality that pits red fruit energy over lean fruit weight. The results are graceful, lithe, fragile and lasting. The wines aromas unfolded slowly and seductively, revealing wild berry, cassis, bitter cherry, toasted almond and blue flower. This is a dreamy wine that promises more beauty as it continues its bottle evolution. An ample 20,000 bottles were produced. This is one of the very best values