Roagna Barolo Pira 2018

Tobacco, dried chamomile, cedar and a trace of mint announce this with quiet confidence — fragrant and lifted, with that characteristic 2018 transparency. It's a lean, nervy Barolo, more about finesse than weight, the tannins fine and unobtrusive beneath a thread of dried rose petal. There's real drive here, a focused line of energy that carries the delicate fruit through a clean, mineral finish. Pira at its most ethereal.