“Barolo needs balance.” - Davide Rosso, winemaker

Just what exactly is balance? You need one wine to DEFINE that? Look no further! A spellbinding 96pt Barolo at a dramatic 41% off.

To put it in words, it’s that shooting star you catch on a moonless night, it’s that magical sweet spot where everything comes together in one sublime, almost ethereal place. This wine has it in spades.

So how exactly do you find a Cru Barolo with a cult following and 96 points at OVER 40% OFF? It helps to have tight connections. With Wine & Spirits’ Importer of the Year (for many years), for example. When this came through the samples we pounced on the opportunity.

Because this wine? Sublime and divine. Too many superlatives come to mind, but what’s it really like? A timid ruby with crimson highlights greets the eye. The perfume, thoroughly classic, with immediate tar and roses melded with macerated red fruits and sweet spices. One sip and you’re in love, with freshness, depth, silky yet abundant and classy tannins, and a ton more fruit, earth, savory, and mineral elements. The same complexity carries through on the minute-plus long finish, adding new layers of towering finesse. Did you close a huge sale today? Smash a home run in the local softball match? Just want to feel like a King? Open one of these. Serve it withTajarin, the famous fresh pasta of Piedmont made with way too many egg yolks. It will cut right that intense richness. You’ll feel like a crime boss getting it at this price.

After all, it’s a Prapò people! Tthe pearl of Serralunga d’Alba’. A site few winemakers have access to; heralded names such as Paolo Scavino, Ceretto, Ettore Germano, Schiavenza clamor over the fruit every vintage. Check out its story told by Davide Fregonese, the owner:

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96 Points – Wine Enthusiast

“Forest floor, rose, new leather and woodland berry aromas lead the way in this gorgeous red. Fermented in concrete tanks with indigenous yeasts followed by aging in large Slavonian and French oak casks, it’s structured and delicious, offering strawberry compote, ripe Morello cherry, licorice and baking spice set against a backbone of firm, fine-grained tannins. Give it time to fully develop. Drink 2027-2037.”