Roagna, Barolo Le Coste, 2007

Roagna's traditional Barolo from the Le Coste vineyard in Monforte d'Alba, made by one of Piedmont's most uncompromising growers and now drinking at maturity. Roagna farms old vines naturally and ages the wine for years in large neutral casks before release, a slow and patient approach that captures site over cellar with unusual transparency. This is a back-vintage bottle from a private collection, showing the dried-rose, tar and earthy complexity that mature Roagna Nebbiolo is prized for. A touch younger than some of the estate's other back-vintages here, it should still carry a bit more structure alongside its evolved notes. Decant well ahead and let it breathe.