Burlotto, Barolo Monvigliero, 2011 LOIRECOUNT0530 or hearty vegetarian dishes like

or hearty vegetarian dishes like roasted eggplant and peppers

all dark plum and violet over Pomerol's signature iron-clay grip

It’s fermented in open-top vats

The result is a Barolo that speaks more of the producer’s hand than of a single season—the structure and depth are there

Burlotto, Barolo Monvigliero, 2011 LOIRECOUNT0530 or hearty vegetarian dishes likeBurlotto is one of Verduno's great traditional houses, and Monvigliero is its crown jewel, a cru made the old way: whole cluster fermentation with the grapes still foot trodden, a technique almost no one else dares with Nebbiolo. The result is a Barolo of extraordinary perfume and silken texture that's also built to age for decades. This is the 2011, a warmer vintage that gave generous, slightly earlier drinking wines; at this age it's entering a