An overtly spicy nose exhibits notes of sandalwood and black cherry that slides gracefully into fresh

There is ample minerality suffusing the more powerful and appealingly textured flavors that also coat the mouth with dry extract while buffering the very firm but not hard tannic spine on the hugely long finish

Much more fruit loaded and rounded than the Santa Cruz Mountains release

deprived the same delineation and mineralité by that summer's warmth

The 2010 Barolo Arborina shows a strong fruit profile with cherry and cassis that sets it apart from the 2009 vintage that is extremely generous in floral tones of crushed flower and rose

Rollin Pere et Fils, Pernand Vergelesses Blanc Vintage:1996 An overtly spicy nose exhibitsNA