Country: Italy / Mondino
Variety: Nebbiolo Piedmont
Winery: Piero Busso / Barbaresco
Aromas of blue flower, baking spice, black-skinned berry, leather and a whisper of well-integrated oak slowly emerge on this. The dense, chewy palate doles out layers of fleshy black cherry, crushed raspberry, vanilla, mocha and chopped mint framed in robust, velvety tannins. Drink 2017–2023.