Brandini Barolo Annunziata DOCG 2018
- 96
- $110
- Drink by: 2024-2044
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From a wonderfully elegant vintage, this is a single vineyard Barolo from the La Morra sub-region. Fermentation in stainless steel, maceration on skins for four weeks and then ageing in large oak barrels, a mix of 20 to 60 hectolitres, for two and a half years and then more time in bottle. The team see this as quintessential La Morra, for good reason. Deep plum, maroon, purple. The nose is full of cherries, florals, strawberries and coffee beans. Good focus and balance, with abundant but rather silky tannins. Despite their presence, they are near invisible. Superb length here and beautifully attractive flavours, a brilliant Barolo. This has at least fifteen to twenty years ahead of it but will already be providing pleasure.
Ken was born and bred in Brisbane, Queensland. He had a non-trendy, perfectly happy childhood, in a family convinced alcohol meant instant condemnation to Hades. But a break fishing on the Great Barrier Reef, and some good wine, started a serious obsession that eventually took over. It did not stop Ken being chastised later for drinking Pol champagne, disgusted he’d drink anything made by a Cambodian dictator. Now, Ken mostly writes on wine, champagne and spirits for various newspapers, magazines and books, but is perhaps best known for his work in The Courier Mail. He also has a little sideline writing on cigars, fishing, travel and food. When not writing, fly-fishing for trout in NZ or bonefish on the flats of Cuba, travelling or smoking cigars, he is no doubt following a variety of sporting teams – the occasionally glorious Queensland Reds rugby, the dysfunctional Washington Redskins, the dodgy Arsenal and especially revels in the world restored to its proper axis with the return of the Ashes to their rightful home.
