This is Barolo the way it used to be made — where structure, spices, and minerals are at least as important as fruit. The extra aging in cask and in bottle results in a wine that is released when it’s at least beginning to show the qualities that make a Barolo worth drinking: secondary aromas and flavors and the complexity that comes with age. In most...

The plum, blueberry, and cherry-scented 2018 Chambertin is supple, pure, sweet, and lush. This feminine, medium to full-bodied wine soars across the palate with waves of candied red and black cherries. Surprisingly sumptuous, feminine, and graceful for a young Chambertin, its generous personality lingers to reveal additional layers of fruit enveloping...