E. Pira & Figli

Piras Langhe Nebbiolo is a great, rich wine that smells of dark cherries, strawberries, tobacco and spices. Bright and wide on the palate the creamy taste with the focused finish. SUPERIORE.DE

Piras Langhe Nebbiolo is a great, rich wine that smells of dark cherries, strawberries, tobacco and spices. Bright and wide on the palate the creamy taste with the focused finish. SUPERIORE.DE

In the bouquet violets, spices, menthol, mint and seductive berry aromas. Straight and compact on the palate, with fine minerality and great elegance. A very impressive Barolo, which perfectly manages the balancing act between tradition and modernity. SUPERIORE.DE

"Very nice black fruits and some licorice on the nose, making this immediately appealing. There's an impressive tannin structure on the palate for this often wishy-washy vintage. With more elegance this would have been rated higher, but it certainly gives plenty of pleasure now. It will continue to do so through at least 2030." James Suckling

"Round and solidly built, offering plum, cherry, earth and graphite flavors. The lively acidity and well-groomed tannins lend finesse. Finishes with a mix of fruit, earth and mineral elements." Wine Spectator

"This is the mid-weight wine that exists on a continuum between the ethereal elegance of Cannubi and the muscular power of Mosconi. The 2014 Barolo Via Nuova represents a traditional assembly of fruit from various sites, including Barolo (Terlo and Liste), Monforte d'Alba (Ravera and Mosconi) and Serralunga d'Alba (Gabutti and Baudana). This beautiful wine offers volume and grit with beautiful mineral tones that stand proud above the dark fruit, cassis and wild rose. There is a note of mineral saltiness on the close that I really love." Robert Parker

Barolo Via Nuova is fresh and lively. In the bouquet violets, spices, menthol, mint and seductive berry aromas. Straight and compact on the palate, with fine minerality and great elegance. A very impressive Barolo, which perfectly manages the balancing act between tradition and modernity. SUPERIORE.DE

"Elegance and harmony are two leading traits that can be attributed to the 2012 Barolo Via Nuova. This wine represents a balanced blend of Nebbiolo grapes from various sites. That blending flexibility adds to the overall balance of the wine, which is very important in a vintage like 2012 that was not always easy across the various townships of the Barolo appellation. Bright cherry and blackberry are followed by spice and grilled herb." Robert Parker

"A wine of extraordinary precision, the 2012 Barolo Via Nuova possesses stunning vibrancy and energy. Dark cherry, cherry pit, blood orange, orange peel, exotic spice and mint are all laced together in a chiseled Barolo that bristles with energy. Addictively beautiful and inviting, the Via Nuova is endowed with a super-classic, mid-weight feel, knock-out aromatics and fabulous overall balance." Antonio Galloni

"This shows such clarity and freshness with so much minerality. Blue fruits too. Medium to full body, linear tannins and acidity. Dark chocolate undertones." James Suckling

Barolo Mosconi is beautifully aromatic. Elegant bouquet of mineral-rich limestone soils, powerful, rich and juicy on the palate, the tannins well interwoven, structure and length exemplary. SUPERIORE.DE

"Brilliant ruby with a slightly brightening edge. Compact and dense nose, full-bodied of blackberries and dark cherries, with some liquorice and truffle. Firm and gripping on the palate, shows a lot of grippy, dense tannin, dark berry fruit, in the finish salty and long, leathery." Falstaff

"The 2014 Barolo Mosconi is the most robust and structured of the three Barolos. Chiara Bochis believes in making her single-vineyard wines even in a difficult vintage such as this. She rejects the idea of blending all her fruit together to make a single wine. Indeed, her cru wines are very distinct. Each shows its individual characteristics with greater precision, I would argue, in this slender and more ethereal vintage. The 2014 vintage is a natural spring board for highlighting vineyard personalities. This is a cool vintage, but Mosconi surprises the senses for the plump ripeness of its dark fruit favors." Robert Parker

"Plenty of dried berries and herbs. Some meat, woody spices and a wealth of fresh red and pink roses, making this very fragrant. The palate has assertive acid cut and impressive depth. The elegant yet firm tannins hold the red-plum finish long. A great result with real tension." James Suckling

"A mix of cherry, eucalyptus, iron and tobacco aromas and flavors are gripped by dense, dusty tannins. On the darker side, with a kernel of sweet fruit on the finish. Fine intensity." Wine Spectator

"Chiara Boschis’ take on Monforte’s Wagnerian terroir translates it into a minerally, fruit-driven symphony with refined tannins and graceful flavour. This is a brilliant compromise between acidity and sweetness." Decanter

Barolo Mosconi, the first wine of the winery from this southern location in Monforte, is beautifully aromatic. Elegant bouquet of mineral-rich limestone floors, powerful, rich and juicy on the palate, the tannins well interwoven, structure and length exemplary. SUPERIORE.DE

"The 2012 Barolo Mosconi is one of the big surprises of this tasting. This is a gorgeous expression with a deep and enduring sense of balance. The wine offers excellent intensity with black fruit and spice, nicely contrasted against more subtle tones of licorice, red rose and polished river stone. The tannins are firm and tight." Robert Parker

"Very delicate and aromatic with dried flowers and raspberry, blackberry undertones. Full body, yet balanced and very refined. Love the white pepper and berry aftertaste." James Suckling

Barolo Mosconi is wonderfully aromatic. Elegant bouquet of mineral-rich limestone soils, powerful, rich and juicy on the palate, the tannins well interwoven, structure and length exemplary. SUPERIORE.DE

"The 2015 Barolo Mosconi is striking in this vintage. The natural richness of the year seems especially well suited to this Monforte site, where the wines tend to be born with a natural sense of textural breadth and volume. Black cherry, chocolate, spice, new leather and menthol grow in the glass in a full-bodied, virile Barolo that speaks to power above all else." VINOUS

"Eucalyptus, wild rosemary, licorice, leather, plum, black cherry and iron aromas and flavors are the hallmarks of this muscular red. Light spice accents add depth as this cruises to a long finish." Wine Spectator

"All of the wines from Chiara Boschis are more vinous this year, more natural. They feel authentic, genuine and traditional. They show an extra degree of richness or texture, and the 2015 Barolo Mosconi is no exception. Its dark and spicy notes are very polished and graceful in this vintage but with considerable tightness to the tannins that will soften with time. This wine offers ample volume and girth, but it carries its weight with elegance. Once the bottle has reached maturity, it would be a great pairing match to rabbit." Robert Parker

"Aromatic depth here, drawing you in with cascading layers of flowers and leaves, fresh-tilled earth laced with woody spices, white pepper and fresh red fruit. The palate carries a very sturdy frame of fine, dense tannins. This is placed in the top league of 2015 Barolo wines. Long and succulent build through the finish." James Suckling

Chiara Boschis Cannubi enchants with feminine qualities. Floral scent, earthy notes of forest and mushrooms, raspberry on the palate and a hint of chocolate, with silky tannins without a hint of astringency. SUPERIORE.DE

"The 2014 Barolo Cannubi perhaps shows less textural richness in this vintage. What it lacks in volume, it makes up for in beautiful aromatic intensity. The bouquet offers territory-driven tones of forest berry, wild rose and dried violets. The freshness and the brightness of those aromas are well intact. The mouthfeel is lean, but it does have ample structure at the back with bright acidity and polished tannins. This expression of Cannubi from Chiara Boschis can be described in a single word: elegant." Robert Parker

"Some chocolate aromas sitting across attractive spice-poached cherries. This has good aromatic clarity. The palate has a very neatly arranged, well-structured style, offering a nice tannin and acid interplay through the finish. This is in good form." James Suckling

Chiara Boschis Cannubi enchants with feminine qualities. Floral scent, earthy notes of forest and mushrooms, raspberry on the palate and a hint of chocolate, with silky tannins without a hint of astringency. SUPERIORE.DE

"A great example of site, the 2012 Barolo Cannubi is deep, sensualand beautifully perfumed. The aromatics and pure, creamy texture ofCannubi comes through loud and clear. The Cannubi is a wine of puretexture and voluptuousness, qualities that it shows as layers of fruitblossom in all directions. A host of dark red cherry, plum, mint andspice accompany the generous, caressing finish." Antonio Galloni

"Pure roses on the nose. Hints of raspberries and lemon rind. Sopure. Full body and ultra-fine tannins. Powerful yet so ethereal andsoul-touching. A fabulously crafted Cannubi." James Suckling

Barolo from the single vineyard Mosconi of the same name presents itself powerful, muscular and full of opulence. Rich scent of eucalyptus, wild rosemary plum and black cherry. Deep and powerful on the palate with beautiful spicy accents, dense tannin and a very juicy framework. This Barolo belongs to the top class of the appellation for us, it carries its great weight with elegance and is highly authentic, in the style of Chiara Boschis, who has delivered something great here with the top vintage 2016! SUPERIORE.DE

"Mid to deep crimson. Very pretty nose of earthy, complex fruit with subtle oak note and hints of pine. Succulent and supple red-fruit palate with great focus. Delicious, chewy tannins. Ends a little mouth-watering." Jancis Robinson

"The vivacious Chiara Boschis has been a modernist producer for 25 years, although she now uses far less new oak than in the past. She is best known for her Cannubi, but the Mosconi, from 1ha within this Monforte vineyard, can be just as fine in some vintages. The colour is deep for Barolo, the cherry and blackberry nose generous and opulent. It's a plump, rich, full-bodied and very concentrated wine that's assertive and youthful now - but in balance. Darker-fruited than most Barolos, it's structured, taut and long." Decanter

"The 2016 Barolo Mosconi is a gorgeous wine made all the more remarkable given that Mosconi can't really be said to be a top-level site. Dark and imposing, the 2016 captures all the breadth and tannic clout that are such signatures of this site. This is an especially brooding, virile Barolo, but Chiara and Giorgio Boschis clearly brought out all the best the vineyard had to give." Vinous

Chiara Boschis Cannubi enchants with feminine qualities. Floral scent, earthy notes of forest and mushrooms, raspberry on the palate and a hint of chocolate, with silky tannins without a hint of astringency. SUPERIORE.DE

"A great example of site, the 2012 Barolo Cannubi is deep, sensual and beautifully perfumed. The aromatics and pure, creamy texture of Cannubi comes through loud and clear. The Cannubi is a wine of pure texture and voluptuousness, qualities that it shows as layers of fruit blossom in all directions. A host of dark red cherry, plum, mint and spice accompany the generous, caressing finish." Antonio Galloni

"Pure roses on the nose. Hints of raspberries and lemon rind. So pure. Full body and ultra-fine tannins. Powerful yet so ethereal and soul-touching. A fabulously crafted Cannubi." James Suckling

Barolo from the single vineyard Mosconi of the same name presents itself powerful, muscular and full of opulence. Rich scent of eucalyptus, wild rosemary plum and black cherry. Deep and powerful on the palate with beautiful spicy accents, dense tannin and a very juicy framework. This Barolo belongs to the top class of the appellation for us, it carries its great weight with elegance and is highly authentic, in the style of Chiara Boschis, who has delivered something great here with the top vintage 2016! SUPERIORE.DE

"Mid to deep crimson. Very pretty nose of earthy, complex fruit with subtle oak note and hints of pine. Succulent and supple red-fruit palate with great focus. Delicious, chewy tannins. Ends a little mouth-watering." Jancis Robinson

"The vivacious Chiara Boschis has been a modernist producer for 25 years, although she now uses far less new oak than in the past. She is best known for her Cannubi, but the Mosconi, from 1ha within this Monforte vineyard, can be just as fine in some vintages. The colour is deep for Barolo, the cherry and blackberry nose generous and opulent. It's a plump, rich, full-bodied and very concentrated wine that's assertive and youthful now - but in balance. Darker-fruited than most Barolos, it's structured, taut and long." Decanter

"The 2016 Barolo Mosconi is a gorgeous wine made all the more remarkable given that Mosconi can't really be said to be a top-level site. Dark and imposing, the 2016 captures all the breadth and tannic clout that are such signatures of this site. This is an especially brooding, virile Barolo, but Chiara and Giorgio Boschis clearly brought out all the best the vineyard had to give." Vinous