My friend a talented actor Tony Curran described this wine ‘like an angel weeping on your tongue’. When I went to Barolo for the first time I was attracted to the wine as it forms fragile droplets in your mouth, something like droplets of water floating about the space shuttle whilst in orbit. The droplets literally float around in your mouth and the flavors are exceptional. The Bricco Delle Viole is roughly 450 meters above sea level, a microclimate which neither gets too hot in summer nor too cold in winter. The Alps sit behind this plot and on a clear day, it is one of the most impressive sights I have ever seen. The soils that make up this terroir are rich in clay and calcium with high concentrations of minerals such as magnesium and manganese. These ingredients provide for an amazing wine of sheer quality...