2009 Proprieta Sperino Lessona

Great wine. A wine with the ageing potential and DNA of great Barolo...but with a more elegant, restrained frame than much modern Barolo I have encountered. Dusty, tight red fruits, clean leather, fresh earth, complex spices. Supple, fine tannins that are not the least bit aggressive despite the wines obvious youth. This feels like one of those wines that will have a nice broad drinking window and age beautifully; not because of a massive hard structure, but simply because all of the elements are starting off in such great balance and alignment and they will probably stay that way for two decades plus.