Roagna, Barolo Pira Vv Vintage:2015 It is the kind of

It is the kind of wine with so much energy it practically does pirouettes on your palate

but it's not necessarily better

This is a towering effort from Angelo Gaja

more volume and it's quite open and expressive

Roagna, Barolo Pira Vv Vintage:2015 It is the kind ofThe 2011 Barolo Pira Vecchie Viti is deep, powerful and inviting, even with all of its forbidding tannin. In this vintage, the two Barolos are quite different. The straight Pira is quite delicate, while the Vecchie Viti is all muscle, brawn and old style classicism. Dark stone fruit, graphite, smoke, licorice, sage, menthol and dark spices shape the huge finish. This is an unusual 2011 that needs cellaring. Antonio Galloni