Le Piane 'Boca' DOC, 2015 thomas hooker balancing freshness with quiet depth

balancing freshness with quiet depth and remarkable precision

including such rare sites as village-level Puligny Folatières (Lalou Bize-Leroy bottles the only other parcel from this section of Folatières)

30% Viognier

soon joined by milky tea and blueberry muffins

Le Piane 'Boca' DOC, 2015 thomas hooker balancing freshness with quiet depthThis wine is made of 85% Nebbiolo and 15% Vespolina. Cooler temperatures, rustic tannin, and beguiling fruit send this bottling straight to the cellar for potentially decades of development or, with a decant, RIGHT to the dinner table tonight with braised beef short ribs. Boca is one of the oldest DOC's in Northern Italy, and is tucked into the northeastern most corner of Piedmont. In the early 1900's, the region's financial efforts left Boca for the