Vergne, Barolo Casina Bric 460

Vergne, Barolo Casina Bric 460Pronounced ripe fruit nose and already quite open. Elegant, juicy fruit with firm but finely structured, chewy tannins. Approachable now but deserves more age. (WS)

The middle weight flavors possess a highly sophisticated mouthfeel that is at once delicate but quite punchy while exuding a subtle minerality on the bone-dry finale that just goes one and on

The palate is sharp on the entry

Well balanced

Linear and persistent on the finish

60% new wood)

with bright acids lifting the berry

the Le Poste comes from a terraced vineyard (there are four terraces

marmalade and white truffle

Dark fruit and dried blackberry are followed by exotic spice and campfire ash

an incisive spine of acidity and a long

Drink now through 2001

clean and dry finale