Lorenzo Accomasso, Barolo Rocche dell’Annunziata, 2012 so022525 Barge with orange and lemon peel

with orange and lemon peel offering a burst of freshness

the tannins have polished into something silken while the dark Serralunga fruit holds firm

Classic anisette from the south of France

Their 2023 Graacher Himmelreich Kabinett comes from one of the region’s most celebrated sites

Best with air or time—decant it now or cellar for 5–10 years to let the edges soften

Lorenzo Accomasso, Barolo Rocche dell’Annunziata, 2012 so022525 Barge with orange and lemon peelRocche dell'Annunziata is one of La Morra's most celebrated single crus, a steep, marl rich slope that gives Barolo its most perfumed, ethereal expression. Lorenzo Accomasso's parcels here were the heart of his estate, and the 2012 vintage was the first of a now legendary cool trio (2012, 2013, 2014) that produced classical Barolos of finesse and tension rather than power. Made the way Lorenzo always made wine fifty plus day concrete macerations,