With fruit from Serralunga d'Alba, this is the most structured and ultimately my favorite wine in this grouping from Fontanafredda. The 2017 Barolo Fontanafredda Vigna la Rosa shows a soft and glossy quality of fruit, with wild berry, cassis, tar, licorice and tarry smoke. You sense more power and concentration here, with mineral notes of iron and dusty earth. Give this wine a few more years to flesh out and take on additional volume. Some 12,000 bottles were made.

This red is polished to a sheen of cherry, plum, licorice and menthol up front, while the resonant tannins move in by the finish. All the components are in the right place, and this ends with echoes of fruit and savory notes. Best from 2025 through 2046. 1,000 cases made, 250 cases imported.??–BS??Region: Italy / Piedmont / Barolo Select to Add