Brezza, Barolo Cannubi, 1999 reshoot and elegance

and elegance

with hints of chocolate and savory licorice in the finish

layered with delicate notes of vanilla and a hint of tobacco

perfumed with macerated cherry

wild raspberry

Brezza, Barolo Cannubi, 1999 reshoot and eleganceCannubi is Barolo's most legendary cru sandy limestone soils, a horseshoe of a hill, often called the Romanee Conti of the Langhe for its perfume and elegance. Brezza has farmed here since the late 1800s, and by 1999 Enzo Brezza (godson and protege of the late Bartolo Mascarello) was a decade into his run as head winemaker. Long macerations, Slavonian botti, zero shortcuts the house style at its most uncompromising. The 1999 vintage was a great