Chateau de la Tour, Clos Vougeot other_regions_italy The Villero is a balanced

The Villero is a balanced and polished Barolo that opens to nicely integrated fruit and spice tones

and now has roughly 10 acres under vine

black raspberries

What impresses me most about the 2009s is the elegance of their tannin

it is dazzling

Chateau de la Tour, Clos Vougeot other_regions_italy The Villero is a balancedModerate but not invasive wood sets off overtly floral red and dark berry fruit aromas that are liberally spiked with warm earth and spice wisps. There is a refined, even caressing texture to the medium bodied flavors that possess good levels of dry extract along with solid punch and power on the firm and lightly austere finale. This isnt a monster of concentration in the same fashion as its 2018 counterpart but it offers fine quality.