Complex aromas of smoke, ash and dark fruits with a precision and intensity. Layered and gorgeous. Loads of dark fruit and perfume. Full-bodied with round and wonderfully polished tannins. Wonderful length and richness. Goes on for minutes. Try in 2023 but already good now.

The 2015 Barolo is a beautifully balanced and tight expression of Nebbiolo that hits all the right spots on the palate, from the side of the mouth where you taste the acidity to the back where you get a sense of the wine's structure and integrated tannins. That freshness could pair well with a steak in pepper cream sauce. Long skin maceration times are followed by oak aging, partially in botti with a smaller part in barrique. Some 80,000 bottles were made.- ML

A classic 2015 with its core of sweet fruit and already hard to resist personality, the 2015 Barolo is more medium-bodied and elegant on the palate, with silky tannins and a rocking bouquet of candied violets, raspberries, rose petals, and licorice. It’s not a blockbuster, but it shines for its balanced, layered, charming style and just has wonderful fruit.

2015 saw drought conditions in late June and July but there were reserves of water from earlier heavy snow in winter and heavy rain in mid-May. Like the Barbaresco, Pio Cesare prefer to call this its 'classic' Barolo, which certainly suits the old-school style of the wine. Fruit comes from seven vineyards scattered around Barolo, including - for the first time - 10% fruit from the young vines of Mosconi in Monforte d'Alba. The older vines from Mosconi have been used for a new single-vineyard bottling. True to form, this has dusty hedgerow fruit aromas with a touch of new leather. It's lighter, softer and more savoury than the single-vineyard bottlings, but the palate is quite tight, with some good acidity peeking through. Some sweet red fruits appear on the mid-palate, followed by Parma violet lift on the finish. Since the 1960s, the estate has only produced around 5,000 cases of this wine each vintage. Read more at https://www.decanter.com/wine-reviews/italy/piedmont/pio-cesare-barolo-piedmont-italy-2015-30340#K1X5xvxcHog2Wz6P.99

A lean, tightly wound style, displaying light cherry, licorice, tobacco and mineral flavors. A streak of iron builds as this plays out on the austere finish. Best from 2022 through 2036. 5,800 cases made, 2,500 cases imported. — BS