Josetta Saffirio, Barolo (Piedmont, Italy) 2009

A highly distinctive and exceptionally pretty wine sourced from a cru that I associate much more with sheer power, this is strikingly floral and high-toned, with wonderful delicacy suggestive of a much cooler year.  I’m not sure how the vintner managed to conjure this from Monforte in 2009, but I am mighty impressed.