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Tuesday, January 1, 2019 - 2018 Visit to Elvio Cogno with Valter Fissore (Ravera, Novello): Now the tasting got more serious … After a little reduction on opening, a lovely nose of morello cherries, red currants, minerals and spices, with dried leaves and a touch of menthol (“a typical Ravera note”, said Valter). On palate, a very vertical wine. Precise, linear and mineral. Darker berried than the nose suggested. Intense fruit. Flavours well layered. Thierry worried about the compression and earthiness of the Ravera but I did not see a major issue. Underneath its silky exterior, it is not lacking in dry extract or power. It is approachable enough to drink now but you should give it at least 3+ years. Valter is confident it will cellar 10-20 years, easily. Returning to it again later in the tasting, with the other two 2014 Barolos beside it, Valter called his 2014 Ravera “my Chambolle-Musigny”, which seemed an apt analogy. Very good.

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