Ausone other_regions_italy (from Ez Folatières near Truffières)

(from Ez Folatières near Truffières)

43 ha parcel of vines planted in 1953)

violet and minerals

Lots of black olives and wet earth under the fruit

The 2013 Barolo Gavarini Chiniera is much showier than the Ginestra Casa Matè

Ausone other_regions_italy (from Ez Folatières near Truffières)The 1990 Ausone is a vintage that I have tasted half a dozen times, waxing lyrical when I first tasted it way back in 2000, but then my sentiments cooling off with each encounter. It has an exotic bouquet that articulates the growing season more than the terroir camphor and eucalyptus, quite heady and showy (some might say vulgar but that would be too pejorative.) There is a smear of chocolate on the entry, moderate acidity, fleshy and ripe but