2020 Fratelli Alessandria Barolo Monvigliero

You’ll find aromas recalling ripe dark-skinned fruit, violet, forest floor and brown exotic spice on the alluring 2020 Monvigliero from Fratelli Alessandria. Full-bodied and elegantly structured, the succulent, enveloping palate features ripe Morello cherry, crushed raspberry, baking spice and licorice before a saline mineral close. A backbone of velvety tannins provides support. It’s already almost at the start of its ideal drinking window where it will maintain for another decade or so. Drink 2026–2035. 95 points

Verduno. Cask sample. Palish youthful ruby. Subtle, aromatic nose hinting at balsamic raspberry, cardamom and stony, minerally notes. Supple and generous palate that is not fully open yet. Very long, juicy and still embryonic and with fantastic fine, gravelly tannins on the finish. Complete, but will need time to develop in the bottle. 17.5 points