Ceretto Bricco Rocche Barolo 2006

The 2006 Barolo Bricco Rocche is a touch firmer than the Brunate. Flowers, spices and dark red fruit cover the palate with lovely density as this beautifully-balanced, articulate Barolo opens up in the glass. Today the Bricco Rocche is fairly accessible, but I would not be surprised to see it put on additional weight in bottle, as so often happens with Barolos from the village of Castiglione Falletto. There is plenty of vineyard expression in the glass, no doubt a result of the reduction in oak. Drink: 2016-2031. Score - 94. (Antonio Galloni, vinous.com, Feb. 2010)