(2025) Bottled especially for their centenary, this comes from Gramolere and was harvested on October 12th, 2009. After natural fermentation it aged in neutral oak barrels for 84 months, and a further 60 months in concrete tanks. That's a full 12 years before bottling, with only very occasional stirring during that time. The colour is garnet into amber. Sumptuous on the nose, the essence of Barolo, so much truffle, spice and yet rose petal, the bouquet multi-layered and so deep and satisfying. The palate still has firmness through its tight tannin and acid structure, a real mineral streak of freshness that tingles on the lips. Flavours span red fruits - cherry and plum - to coffee and fudge, but all the time that precise and taut core never gives up its grip. 90 bottles were imported into the UK.