Lorenzo Accomasso, Barolo Rocche dell’Annunziata, 2012 so022525 Barge where Marinko Rodica traded his

where Marinko Rodica traded his career as a car mechanic for a life in the vines back in 1998

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

Classic anisette from the south of France

and white flowers open on the nose

This philosophy pervades everything: 50-year-old Malvasia Istriana vines never touched by chemicals for 40+ years

Lorenzo Accomasso, Barolo Rocche dell’Annunziata, 2012 so022525 Barge where Marinko Rodica traded hisRocche 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,