Still youthful and tight, this vintage of Barolo ‘Simposio’ is a superb candidate for the cellar. Drinking well now, it exhibits beautiful notes of black cherry and spice, with a tarry earthiness and firm tannins that bode well for the future as they soften to allow the beauty of the underlying fruit to emerge. Hold or drink now, either way you will be pleased. A platinum award-winner at the 2018 Critics Challenge International Wine & Spirits Competition.
Bel Colle, Barolo DOCG (Piedmont, Italy) 2013
By Robert Whitley