2012 Barolo La Pira
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Tasting notes
Palish ruby. Enticing, spicy, cherry fruit and elegant, tightly knit fruit on the palate. Lightness of touch paired with concentration and fine persistent tannins all the way through. Can already be approached, but with plenty of future. (WS)
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Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
More reviews and scores
The 2012 Barolo Pira is deep, dense and voluptuous, especially for the vintage. There is plenty of Roagna structure, but the tannins are nearly buried by the sheer density of the fruit. Sweet herbs, tobacco, underbrush, menthol and licorice give the Pira a wild, unrestrained side that I personally find hugely appealing. If there is one wine readers should not miss in this set of new releases, the 2012 Pira is it. What a wine!
About the producer
Roagna is one of Italy’s finest estates, producing top, single-vineyard Nebbiolos in Barbaresco and Barolo. The estate’s Crichët Pajé Barbaresco is one of the rarest fine wine cuvées in Piedmont with fewer than 2,000 bottles produced each year.