2016 Ascheri Barolo Ascheri

New leather, camphor, wild berry and fragrant blue-flower aromas mingle together on this structured red. It`s full bodied and dense, delivering succulent morello cherry, crushed raspberry licorice and tobacco framed in firm, fine-grained tannins. You`ll also detect the warmth of evident alcohol, but thanks to the concentrated fruit, it doesn`t dominate. 94 points

The Ascheri 2016 Barolo Ascheri is a beautiful wine that reveals a broad range of classic Nebbiolo aromas. The wine`s bouquet is stirring and deep with cleverly contained intensity. As I mentioned before, the Ascheri winemaking process sees a short 16-day fermentation, at 30 degrees Celsius in the case of this wine. As a result, the aromas are clear, strong and direct. You could apply any number of descriptors to describe the bouquet: dried cherry fruit, rose, pressed violets, crushed stone, red clay and autumnal leaf. The wine is well supported at the back by firm tannins that come thanks to this classic, cellar-worthy vintage. Some 3,500 bottles were made. 94+ points