This is a real treasure for your cellar

as it's opening nicely today

but there is enough texture here to soften its effects

full and sweet broad-scaled flavors possessing serious amounts of dry extract on the palate drenching and hugely long finish imbued with bitter chocolate hints

indeed almost delicate before culminating in a lingering finish

Livia Fontana, Barolo Villero Size:6x750ml This is a real treasureLivia Fontana, aided by her two sons, produces Barolo from Bussia in Monforte, and also this Villero from Castiglione Falletto. The prettiness of the nose, with its fragrant rose and raspberry aromas, is often typical of Villero, which has fairly sandy soils. It's intense and very fresh, showing mellow tannins and a distinct pungency because of its rather fierce acidity. It's quite long but it shows limited complexity at present.