San Giusto, Percarlo Vintage:2001 The 2006 Barolo San Rocco

The 2006 Barolo San Rocco is sensual and enveloping

As with most of the single-vineyard wines from the vintage

lower acidity than many Right Banks

oak-spiced aromas of candied cherry and raspberry

That linear flinty note is just terrific

San Giusto, Percarlo Vintage:2001 The 2006 Barolo San RoccoThe profound beauty of the 2010 Percarlo cannot be exaggerated. This is an exceptional wine, and one of the best I tasted in Tuscany this year. The bouquet shows infinite layering and a steady evolution in the glass with tones of red cherry, spice, caramel, cigar ash, balsam herb and cola. It shows new dimension with each swirl of the glass. The mouthfeel, on the other hand, is steady and strong, with a gripping sense of structure that is yielding but