As regular readers of my blog would know, I have raved about the 2019 Barolos. To get a sense how the wines may develop, I yesterday opened a bottle from the equally lauded vintage of 2010, the 2010 Chiara Boschis Mosconi Barolo. Mosconi, in Monforte, is known for powerful wines. Let's see.
To start with the finish, this is a near perfect wine. The colour is dark, but a little orange tinge gives away the Nebbiolo grape.
On the palate, it starts with orange peel, but then black cherry takes over, cascading into savoury flavours with complex forest notes taking hold. This is quite a big, dark, masculine wine with firm chalky and dry tannins. But underneath this power is elegance and an acidity line holding the wine in perfect balance. The finish is long.
This wine is at the beginning of its sensible drinking window; still youthful, and no doubt with a couple of decades of great drinking ahead. The wine needs attention and also protein. The only quib I have, the third glass is starting to be a bit of an effort.
Score: 97/+++
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