Barale Fratelli, Barolo (Piedmont, Italy) 2015

 This was the only wine from the Castellero cru in the commune of Barolo that I was able to taste form the 2015 vintage, and it damned sure makes me wish I could taste others as well.  A big, ripe and fleshy wine with lots of aromatic expressiveness as well, this is wonderfully satisfying, but without trying too hard.  My raw note from the blind tasting references “easy power,” which isn’t easy to translate, though sports fans who’ve see Ernie Els drive a golf ball or Wayne Gretzky zing a wrist shot will know exactly what I mean.