Red plums, dark cherries, dried orange peel, rose hips and red spices. Medium- to full-bodied and a little chewy with velvety, slightly powdery tannins. Fresh, red-fruited character with a chalky texture in the finish. Try after 2025.

The 2019 Barolo Cannubi has a lovely spicy, almost exotic quality with tart cherry fruit and nicely balanced campfire ash, tar and licorice root. You get the elegant nuances of Cannubi presented with extra intensity and richness in the 2019 vintage. The finish has sweet fruit, silky tannins and an open-knit approach. The wine is aged in large oak casks for 36 months, and 10,000 bottles were created.

This delicate Nebbiolo opens to wild berry, rose, pressed violet, earth and powered licorice. The 2018 Barolo Cannubi takes a classic approach and underlines the elegant character of this most celebrated MGA site in the village of Barolo. The wine feels light and weightless when it first hits the palate, but don't be deceived. It offers ample power and length once you take it all in.

The Francesco Rinaldi & Figli 2017 Barolo Cannubi shows a large span of aromas with dark cherry, plum and cassis. There is a little less definition in this hot-vintage expression (compared to the exacting precision of the 2016 vintage that I remember so fondly). However, the wine sports its broad shoulders with grace and poise. Dark fruit aromas are fleshed out by spice, tar and crushed flowers.

The Francesco Rinaldi & Figli 2016 Barolo Cannubi offers a complete and definitive portrait of this storied vineyard site at the heart of the Barolo comune, or village. One of the big takeaways here is the mouthfeel. This wine shows an enormously silky and pure approach that hits the palate with clarity and purity. Subtle hints of wild rose, raspberry, crushed stone, licorice and dried mint appear along the way. This is a supremely elegant and finely textured wine.