Country: Italy
Province: Piedmont
Region: Barbaresco
Variety: Nebbiolo
Winery: Battaglio
Points: 87
Taster: Kerin O’Keefe
This opens with aromas of menthol, coconut, oak, overripe black cherry, leather and exotic spice. The bracing palate shows dried black cherry, clove, ground pepper and a green note of powdered sage alongside assertive grainy tannins.