Roagna, Barolo Rocca Pira other_regions_australia intense and moderately structured finish

intense and moderately structured finish

this is nicely judged and balanced

dry and refined finish that is sufficiently firm to reward at least a decade of cellaring

lavender and a hint of spiced tea

Roagna, Barolo Rocca Pira other_regions_australia intense and moderately structured finishThe 2003 Barolo La Rocca e La Pira, from vines between 20 and 50 years of age, is an expressive wine graced with dark cherries, plums, spices, cedar, menthol and minerals in a surprisingly accessible style for this producer. Medium in body, the wine offers superb length and finessed tannins that caress the palate through to the close. This is a little rounder, deeper and also plusher than the decidedly firm and austere Paje, and it is nearly as