The 2019 Barolo Prapò is packed with black fruits, gravel, incense, cured meats, dark spice and scorched earth. Virile and quite somber in bearing, the Prapò exudes intensity in all its dimensions. It is another terrific wine in this range, but it is a rich, heady wine.

An aromatic red, with cherry, plum and truffle notes embraced by sweet spices and toasty oak. The tannins build as this evolves on the palate, yet this is balanced, expressive and long overall, with a succulent feel in the end. Best from 2027 through 2046. 284 cases made, 83 cases imported.

With fruit from Serralunga d'Alba, the Schiavenza 2019 Barolo Prapò is a bulky wine with extra fruit weight and raw oak tones that are a long way from integrated. This wine pushes hard over the palate thanks to a powerful 15% alcohol content that is difficult to coincide with a grape as fragile and elegant as Nebbiolo. Fruit is drawn from a site with tuffaceous soils at 300 meters in elevation. These are two factors that accelerate ripeness. This is a 3,300-bottle release.