The recently-bottled 2005 Barolo Cascina Francia is

Interestingly this is less overtly spicy as the Amoureuses at present though there is a genuinely gorgeous inner mouth perfume to the suave

Here the soil speaks quite clearly

it should still evolve for just as long

The fruit still shows plenty of intensity and the tannins have softened

Colombier, Hermitage Size:12x750ml The recently-bottled 2005 Barolo CascinaThere are lifted, perfumed red berry notes to this medium bodied vintage of Colombier's Hermitage. It has a good sense of energy, crispness and bite, with taut tannins. It will bring real pleasure in the early to mid term, but lacks the weight of fruit to really drive it on into the long term.