2005 Barolo DOCG, Via Nuova, E.Pira di Chiara Boschis, Piedmont

Delicately perfumed notes of 'meriame' (a brilliant red wild cherry), refinement and freshness decorate the piece; while to taste one can just sense the beautiful purity of fruit, the life, more cherry stone, and juicy as only Barolo from Barolo can be. Chiara's rightly eased up on the oak in this vintage, only 30% new barriques, preserving the fruit's clarity and detail. Drinking now till 2018 in my view, along with some carne cruda.
(David Berry Green, BBR Buyer)

Perfumed. Such a perfectly lifted perfumed heady nose like walking past a magnolia tree in the evening. It makes you stop and breathe in deeply. Taut, tight red cherry fruit, quite a breathtaking shock, in a good way, after the dreamy perfume. Stunning spice. Forward, stiletto- boot tannins. This wine tantalises all the senses.
(Tamlyn Currin - jancisrobinson.com - 25 Mar 2010)

Chiara Boschis’s 2005 Barolo Via Nuova is a wine that perfectly embodies everything that makes 2005 such a pretty vintage. The 2005 here is especially round and fruit-driven with few of the hard edges that sometimes characterize this Barolo from the high altitude Via Nuova vineyard in Barolo. The wine offers tons of harmony, with sweet notes of spices, tobacco and herbs that linger on the round, satisfying finish. To be sure, this is a two-dimensional Barolo, but what is in the glass is all about, balance, balance, balance; and Boschis pulls that off with aplomb in this vintage.
The always energetic Chiara Boschis is among the producers who did quite well in 2005. Boschis gave her 2005 Barolos 70% new oak, down from the 100% that was once the norm, and the wines show greater purity and integrity of fruit. Her vineyards in Cannubi, one of Barolo’s warmest sites, were well positioned (literally) to deal with the cooler vintage. In the higher-altitude, fresher Via Nuova, she took yields down a bit lower than normal to give the fruit the best chance to ripen. The proof is in the glass, and these are two exceptionally beautiful 2005 Barolos (Antonio Galloni - Wine Advocate - Oct 08)