Maxwell Nero D'Avola le-serre-nuove black cherry and olive

black cherry and olive

Among the historical vineyards of Barolo

The month of April is quite cold and humid

fresh limes and concentrated depth of fruit

without any other type of oak rot intervening

Maxwell Nero D'Avola le-serre-nuove black cherry and oliveNero d'Avola is so often buoyantly juicy, and that can work, but its nice to see iterations where the fruit is expressed in a more savoury light. This captures that well. Sure, there are still some bright fruited black cherry and raspberry notes, but theres a crusting of spice, an earthiness, some anise, and a lack of overt fruit sweetness, with a dry tannic draw further refining the finish. It works well.