2023 Langhe Nebbiolo, Paolo Scavino (PIedmont, Italy)
$28.99
100 percent Nebbiolo from two single vineyards in La Morra, Bricco Manescotto, planted in 1960 and 1968, and Annunziata, planted in 1997. Unlike the Barolos, it ferments cool and gentle with only five days on the skins, then rests eight months in neutral oak casks. That keeps the perfume up front and the tannin soft enough to drink now. Crushed flowers, red cherry, blood orange and dried herbs, with fine, lifted tannin.