Roagna, Barolo Rocca Pira Size:12x750ml sage and mushrooms on the

sage and mushrooms on the loose-knit nose

fruitcake and floral pastille flavors that are accentuated by a strong suggestion of exotic spices

wet stone and citrus on the nose

Soft reduction shaves the top notes from the nose of mostly white orchard fruit

There is very good volume to the reasonably well-detailed medium-bodied flavors that culminate in a mocha-infused finish that noticeable wood and warmth can be found

Roagna, Barolo Rocca Pira Size:12x750ml sage and mushrooms on theThe 2003 Barolo La Rocca e La Pira, from vines between 20 and 50 years of age, is an expressive wine graced with dark cherries, plums, spices, cedar, menthol and minerals in a surprisingly accessible style for this producer. Medium in body, the wine offers superb length and finessed tannins that caress the palate through to the close. This is a little rounder, deeper and also plusher than the decidedly firm and austere Paje, and it is nearly as