Castello del Terriccio, Lupicaia

Castello del Terriccio, LupicaiaThe balsamic notes are really starting to open up here in the 2009 Lupicaia. This wine has begun to come of age. This was a slightly cooler growing season, and this wine shows little of the ripe, fruit forwardness that marked many of the following vintages. There is a velvety side to this Lupicaia, with more textural looseness and openness in general.

and exuberant

nicely detailed with blacker fruit uncovered by aeration

the 2016 is even more reticent than it was last year at this time

crushed flowers and graphite give the 2016 an element of exoticism that is impossible to miss

The 2008 Dom Pérignon continues to show very well

Balsamic and truffle notes pepper the palate of this handsome Barolo

and something almost white-Rioja-like toward the finish – and I mean that as a complement

13 ha parcel at the top of Mazoyères that abuts the Route des Grands Crus)

2 ha parcel at the bottom section of the vineyard

crushed herbs and notes of red and black cherries

The intensely mineral-driven flavors possess a mouth feel of pure silk thanks to the ample amount of dry extract that buffers well the very firm and bright acidity that supports the transparent

cinnamon and earth