If you’re talking about excellence in wine, you’re talking about Barolo - but what makes them so good? For me it’s the near impossible amount of complexity that each bottle somehow manages to achieve, coupled with the symphonic-like nature of how all those pieces intermingle. The 2015 Massimo Rattalino Trentaquattro is everything and more that you can expect from Barolo. Lifted rose petals and sour cherries on a thin ribbon of hot tar or gravelly road. Dried cranberry and currant set against woody tree-bark and spice box. Campfire embers and meaty decay. All in perfect step. On the palate the acidity finds an accomplice in the tannin structure making for a penetrating wine that builds and builds. An ethereal and other-worldly wine. If you’re on the fence about Barolo - let this be your sign to get off it.