Le Piane Boca 2018
Red
Boca, Italy
8.0
WineSaint
Dense aromas of dried cherry, earth and woodsmoke build with brooding intensity. The palate shows serious muscle. Concentrated dark fruit wrapped in graphite and forest floor, with tannins that grip hard through the finish. This is built for the long haul. Give it five years minimum; will reward patience through 2035.
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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.