I regard 93 as an absolutely outstanding score, and yet this wine’s rating would be even higher if it did not seem faintly volatile and curiously over-developed for its age. Nevertheless, it was one of the most dramatic wines of the hundreds shown at Nebbiolo Prima in 2012, exhibiting floral aromas, ripe red fruit, savory accents recalling carpaccio and wild mushrooms, and saline minerals that lend special interest to the finish. There’s plenty of tannin the mix, but successive waves of fruit hold it at bay quite effectively.
