Rocca Barolo 2016

The Tenuta Rocca 2016 Barolo is fragrant, generous and nicely chiseled or direct in terms of its aromas. This estate excels with this group of new releases. The wine is beautiful and convincing, especially in terms of the intensity and purity of its aromas. It shows a core of vibrant fruit, and it contours that fruit elegantly with spice, tar, smoke and iron ore. The tannins are youthful and carefully folded into the fruity texture of the wine. Like all the other wines in this report, I opened the bottle hours before my tasting and double decanted my sample. Drink date: 2023-2040. Score – 93+. (Monica Larner, robertparker.com, July 23, 2020)