E. Pira & Figli Winery

At firs the nose was dominated by boullion notes with hints of anise seed and drying grass. A deep, smoldering earth tone slowly emerged from the wine accompanied by a clear dried raspberry tone, dried tar notes and an...

Chiara Boschis is one of the few female winemaker at this level in the Barolo area. Her wines are of great elegance and finesse, especially from her parcel of the Cannubi Cru. The 2004 has a great concentrated bouquet on...

A nose rich in sweet tobacco and maraschino cherry tempered by a touch of quinine leads to a palate with the sweet edges of toasty oak well integrated but still evident and noticeable wood tannin on the finish marring the...

Licorice on the nose. Dry and tart with some menthol notes.

Wood, chocolate, and menthol on nose. Medicinal, acidic, and gamey in mouth. Good long tannins.

Intense anise and licorice flavors on the nose. Even some menthol and mint. The wine is full of more anise and chocolate, menthol, all backed with a lots acids, and tannins. Finishes on a gamey flavor - strong and intense...

Not a strong nose for me, but did smell a little spice. Not my favorite wine that night, but solid.

Cherry, red licorice nose. Nice vegetal, herbal flavors with a red fruit edge. Hints of dark chocolate, spice, cedar box, and light leather.

This has a nicely integrated sweet wood tone on the nose but plenty of slightly gamy, medicinal fruit backing it up with strong notes of beet, licorice and menthol. It comes off as well polished even though the tannins are...

AWE blind tasting - a little sweeter, a little jammy, smoky herbal, a touch of coffee, a touch of bitter roots, a bit of fizzy acids on the tongue, not much detail, bitterness, perhaps a bit too extracted, tannins are...