Reverdito, Barolo DOCG (Piedmont, Italy) 2015

 A big, rich, highly expressive wine, this seems to hold more sex appeal that it should be possible to pack into a 750 ml bottle.  With myriad notes including dried flowers, church incense, red fruits, spices and cola, this is a model case of Nebbiolo’s unique ability to show both fruity and savory character in spades, even prior to the development of tertiary notes from bottle aging.  Although there’s just a whiff of over-ripe alcoholic heat that holds me back from according this an even higher score, it remains a smashing success that I’ll seek to buy for my cellar.