Elvio Cogno - Barolo Riserva Vigna Elena 2016 (1.5L)

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Producer	Elvio Cogno
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Varietal	Barolo
Vintage	2016
Sku	05966
Size	1.5L

 

#96 Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2022

This breathtaking beauty offers enticing scents of rose petal, ripe woodland berry, pipe tobacco and camphor. It's full-bodied but elegantly structured, delivering delicious flavors of ripe red cherry, blood orange, licorice and baking spice. Taut, refined tannins provide the framework while bright acidity gives it wonderful balance, energy and tension.

This is beginning to mellow now after six years, featuring plum, cherry, leather, tar, mineral and menthol aromas and flavors. Yet there are still firm, refined tannins, along with bright acidity underneath, with excellent length. Best from 2025.

The Elvio Cogno 2016 Barolo Riserva Ravera Vigna Elena represents a tremendous effort and a wine that makes the best of an iconic vintage and a celebrated territory. The Ravera cru of Novello is making some of the best new Barolos today, and it definitely made some of the best expressions from the 2016 vintage. The bouquet is mostly primary and bright, but there are light hints of age that are already beginning to appear. They include licorice, tar and camphor ash.

A lovely expression of Barolo riserva with just the right balance of fruit and riserva oak, which is quite rare in this category. Ripe, lightly spiced red-fruit character on the nose, which expands into a myriad of extra nuances if you linger, including truffle, ash, dried citrus peel and pressed flowers. Full-bodied with nicely integrated tannins that encourage the fruit character all the way through the long finish. Enduring, bright and cool character at the end. So well constructed, making the best of a great vintage. So good to taste now, but a there’s a long life ahead of this. Best from 2024 or hold at your leisure.