Casa, Lapostolle other_regions_italy powerful and brooding big-bodied flavors

powerful and brooding big-bodied flavors possess outstanding volume and mid-palate concentration where the abundant dry extract serves to buffer the very firm and imposing tannic spine on the hugely long finish

Should mellow nicely in the cellar

He also mentioned a stylistic change

mineral and slate character

well-integrated acidity

Casa, Lapostolle other_regions_italy powerful and brooding big-bodied flavorsI found the new and ambitious 2015 La Parcelle 8 very ripe, playing with over ripeness. Perhaps it's the combination of centenary vines and a warm and dry year that delivered very ripe and concentrated juice, and the wine hits the scale at 15% alcohol, with plenty of tannins. It reminds me of the wines from yesteryear, lacking today's freshness and balance. It matured in 100% new French oak barrels for 26 months. Will it ever absorb the oak? 15,660