2006 Roagna Barolo Riserva Pira
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Tuesday, October 17, 2023 - Vinous Piedmont Icons Dinner @ Legacy Records (Legacy Records, NYC): The '06 Riserva Pira was a mindblowing wine, especially after tasting the very rustic '96 Pira and '00 Crichet Paje. The generational change here resulted in a massive difference in the style of the wines, and in my view, a huge improvement in quality.
On the nose, the '06 Pira was quite exotic and primary, showing none of the oxidative and more rustic notes of the earlier wines from Roagna. The fruit is super bright and expressive, with hard-candy like red fruits, exotic, blood orange and citrus fruits, spices, and tobacco. On the palate, the '06 Pira is pure silk, with almost no perception of tannin at all, perfectly balanced from end to end.
The '06 is very primary but is also so expressive and finessed today that I can't really imagine it improving, only changing, with more time. That said, the wine should hold for decades in the cellar.
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