Travaglini Gattinara Tre Vigne 2005

Ripe red cherry, dried violets, a touch of iron and warm earth. For Gattinara, this is a generous, fruit-forward expression, rounder and more immediately welcoming than the appellation typically offers. Tannins are present but well-integrated, and the acidity holds things together without dominating. Honest and well-balanced, drinking well now.