2016 K&L Discovery Series Italy, Barolo (Vintage Release)

This is just such a really pretty and alluring nose, that is just drawing me in deeply, almost like a siren song. It's just so pretty and pure fruited, lots of cherry and raspberry, backed by a touch of tomato leaf and some neutral barrel roundness. The palate is really beautiful, the tannins are soft and pretty ready, and there's this wonderful line of acidity pushing through the whole thing. The fruit is bright and very freshly ripe, raspberry, cherry, a little bit of pomegranate. This is exactly what you want when you're coming in for a bottle of ready to drink Barolo, and it's coming at you for less than you'll find a lot of declassified wines from the region. This is going to be a go-to recommendation from me until we sell out of this, it's just that good.

It's incredibly fortunate that we have ready to drink Barolo at such an affordable price. This wine is very classic and showcases all traditional Nebbiolo characteristics of red cherry, plum, tobacco and earth. It's developing nicely and certainly could be age longer, but it is very enjoyable now thanks to softer, well rounded tannins.