2017 Barolo Cannubi E. Pira & Figli Chiara Boschis dried flowers and cedar

dried flowers and cedar

even powerful yet not mighty or alcoholic Riesling with insanely concentrated but just-ripe and tight fruit with healthy phenolic grip and great tension

cassis and a hint of white pepper on the nose

The grapes are harvested by hand in October

it's built for the long haul and needs 5-7 years of bottle age

2017 Barolo Cannubi E. Pira & Figli Chiara Boschis dried flowers and cedarParker Monica Larner 95, 2024 2045, Chiara Boschis is a historic proponent of organic farming, and she lobbied to make the entire Cannubi cru a certified organic vineyard. Her 2017 Barolo Cannubi shows terrific balance and clean intensity in a vintage that presented quite a few challenges across the appellation due to the heat and drought, along with other issues such as an unexpected frost in April, but that caused the biggest damage to the lowest