1996 Alfredo e Giovanni Roagna Barolo La Rocca e La Pira DOCG 13.5%
Yummy. Aromas are fleeting and changeable, shape shifting over the course of the evening between a dizzying array of sour cherry, church spices, cloves, violets, rosemary, the lightest burnt rubber, cloves, game and eucalyptus. Never all at once, as if preoccupied with an etiquette of subtlety and delicacy, or with maintaining one's attention, should it wander, though there's little chance of that. Perfect acidity, mellow yet grippy tannins, lovely mouthfeel. Has many years ahead of it, but already beginning to give that fine, mature Barolo experience. Barol'over Beethoven, La Rocca & Roll!
