Lots of dried roses with stems to the strawberry and cherry character. It’s full-bodied and chewy with lots of fruit and wood tannins that pucker your mouth now. But it should come around nicely with bottle age. Try after 2023.

With a lion on its front label to represent Barolo, the "King of Wines," the La Spinetta 2017 Barolo Garretti is a wine of depth, dark fruit and concentration. This vintage delivers power and lots of momentum that you feel in the weight of the fruit, the aromatic intensity and the structure. The wine's alcohol measures 14.5%, and that, too, contributes to the overall brawn and muscle. This 10,000-bottle production appears very youthful and still nervous, so put it aside in your cellar for best results.

Garretti is located in the northeastern-most commune of Barolo, of Grinzane Cavour. The 2017 Barolo Garretti is savory with licorice, tobacco, plum pit, and cedar. The palate is round, with notes of ripe black cherry, forest floor, and cinnamon spice, and full structure that is gripping, though balanced. Drink 2024-2036.