Le Piane Boca 2016
Red
Boca, Italy
8.5
WineSaint
Gorgeous aromatics leap from the glass. Wild cherry, orange zest, fresh herbs and rose petals show remarkable lift and intensity. The palate tells a different story entirely, with austere tannins and mineral backbone that clamp down hard on the fruit. This is Boca at its most structured and demanding. Give it at least five years, though a decade would be better rewarded.
wild cherryorange zestfresh herbsrose petals
Label
Le Piane
→Le Piane revived Boca from near-extinction, making some of northern Piedmont's most compelling Nebbiolo-based reds from old vines on volcanic, porphyry-rich soils above Lake Maggiore.