Elvio Cogno, Barolo Bricco Pernice Vintage:2015 baked black berries and preserved

baked black berries and preserved plums with hints of licorice

It is a tour de force

when many young Ports are exuberant

There is both excellent volume and density to the relatively powerful and quite serious flavors that brim with minerality on the bone-dry if not really austere finish that just goes on and on

Shimmering pale gold with green lights

Elvio Cogno, Barolo Bricco Pernice Vintage:2015 baked black berries and preservedOffers an appealing grassy aroma characteristic of the '12s, along with dusty cherry, graphite, tobacco and tar flavors. Dense and compact, yet fresh, lingering with savory elements of tobacco and mineral. Best from 2019 through 2035. 75 cases imported. BS