made by one of California's true new-wave icons
with silky tannins that suggest this will evolve beautifully for decades
Like its sibling (Casse-Tetes)
Guillaume Gallois trained under Fabrice Gass of Alexandre Filaine
This is a special bottling in magnums only of their oldest Pinot Noir and Gamay vines
Produttori del Barbaresco, Barbaresco Riserva Pora, 2016 OLDCAP made by one of California'sIf you're going to start anywhere in the Produttori del Barbaresco cru lineup, start with Pora. Its vines run down toward the Tanaro river, and the wine comes out rounder and more open armed than its neighbors generous fruit up front, with the tannic spine still very much intact underneath. From the excellent 2016 vintage, this is Nebbiolo doing the full trick: wild cherry and blood orange, dried rose, leather, spice and sweet earth. Ten years in, it