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The big headline this year is that Tom Myers has made the decision to remove his single cru Barolo from the DOCG. Myers is interested in producing the highest quality possible, rather than slavishly following the Barolo DOCG laws. As the DOCG demands 18 months of wood aging, and as Myers did not age 100% of the 2022 in wood (feeling he would lose too much of the vibrancy and purity of the fruit), he made the decision to remove this wine from the DOCG, something we fully support. After all, it’s the quality of the wine that interests us, not what’s on the label!
The source of the wine remains the same of course. Preda is a single cru vineyard in the Barolo commune, nestled between Cannubi and Vignane, at the end of the Bussia Valley. Myers’ parcel sits high on the hill with an east-facing exposure, where the thin Sant’Agata soils are laced with a high proportion of active lime. This combination of exposure and rocky, calcareous soils helps shape a super fine, aromatic, mineral-driven expression of Nebbiolo, and Myers has evolved his winemaking accordingly. In fact, the winemaking notes read more like Burgundy than Barolo, with Myers employing 60–70% whole-bunches, and only 14 days on skins. The extraction is very gentle, and, while most of the wine was matured in large format oak, a small proportion was aged exclusively in tank. The final blend is a gorgeous, perfumed, bright and seductive wine with incredibly fine tannins, pure fruit and superb aromatic complexity. It calls to mind top old-vine Chambolle-Musigny—as if Roumier were making Barolo. Regardless of who made it, this is delicious—one of the most perfumed, silky, pretty, and irresistibly charming expressions of Barolo that you’re likely to encounter. The tannins are there, but they’re oh so fine. It’s still tight from its recent shipment so if you’re drinking now, make sure you give it a good decant, ideally for two or three hours! Otherwise put it in the cellar for a decade.