stews and hard cheeses

the 2020 Châteauneuf Du Pape has a riper

Elegant wine with good complexity

offering palate-staining red and dark berry liqueur

This wine is wonderful with a spicy pasta

2015 Barolo Albe G.D. Vajra stews and hard cheesesParker Larner 93 points: This Barolo offers a more immediate approach, with lots of dark berry followed by spice, tilled earth and black truffle. The 2015 Barolo Albe pours to a medium dark color and lays out a mid weight texture, with bright primary fruit that is expertly woven into the wine. It exposes clearly etched veins of acidity and some determinedly firm tannins. Despite the Albe's accessible personality, I recommend that you wait a few more