Giulia Negri, Barolo La Tartufaia, 2016 SO042225 Pierre Paillard this is just opening

this is just opening

revealing even greater nuance and sophistication

and Syrah shows the house philosophy in red form: practical viticulture

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Giulia Negri, Barolo La Tartufaia, 2016 SO042225 Pierre Paillard this is just openingThey call her the Barolo Girl, which rather undersells things. Giulia Negri farms some of the highest vineyard land in the entire Barolo zone, up on the Serradenari hill above La Morra, where Nebbiolo ripens late and keeps its nerve. La Tartufaia is the truffle wood that runs alongside her La Morra vines the forest, not a vineyard, gives the wine its name and the bottling is her most approachable Barolo, built more on perfume and lift than on brute