The 2016 Barolo has more brooding aromatics compared to the Barbaresco, with tar, pine, and dried red plum. There is tart red fruit up front on the palate and sour cherry, tea leaf, orange zest, and dusty tannins on the back end. Drink 2024-2040.

This is lean and sinewy, revealing cherry, plum, tobacco and menthol flavors. In the end, this tips to the astringent side in the balance. Best from 2023 through 2032.

The 2017 Barolo Tradizione is a soft, fruity wine to drink now and over the next few years, while the red cherry/plum fruit remains vibrant. This tasty Barolo certainly offers plenty of immediacy in an easygoing if somewhat fleeting style.