Paolo Scavino, Barolo Carobric Vintage:2005 vanilla mark on the wine

vanilla mark on the wine

This is much more deeply pitched and pungently earth with its array of very fresh red and dark berries that carry whiffs of earth and the sauvage

On my last tastes of each

Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting

It is lifted and vertical in feel

Paolo Scavino, Barolo Carobric Vintage:2005 vanilla mark on the wineScavino's 2003 Barolo Carobric is impeccable. Sweet floral notes meld into dried cherries, raspberries, mint and spices. As always, the Carobric is lifted and aromatically expressive. Tertiary notes are still a few years out, especially from magnum. Given the wine's mid weight structure I suggest drinking the 2003 sooner rather than later. All the elements are in the right place in this perfumed, aromatic Barolo made from parcels in Cannubi, Rocche