Vini Barbaglia

Boca Nebbiolo Vespolina

9.245 ratings
9.114 pro ratings
Boca, Novara, Piedmont, Italy
Nebbiolo, Vespolina
Top Notes For
Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Black tea, tar, roses, dried roses, sour cherry, mid season cherry, spice, juicy and round, ripe tannins, but big and imposing. Very pure. Round. Juicy. Great showing.

Black tea, tar, roses, dried roses, sour cherry, mid season cherry, spice, juicy and round, ripe tannins, but big and imposing. Very pure. Round. Juicy. Great showing.

Aug 31st, 2019
Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

What a difference (almost) a year makes. Stunning nose. Super aromatics. Yowza. Smokey mountain Nebbiolo. Yum. Isn’t that a Dolly Parton song? Old books. Earth, leather, so so good, feral and savory. Wow. Really. 9.4 nose. Wow. Super sweet and refined palate with amazing purity and super velvety tannins. Showing so well now. So distinctive and unique. But also so well made like the world’s best wines. Brilliant.

What a difference (almost) a year makes. Stunning nose. Super aromatics. Yowza. Smokey mountain Nebbiolo. Yum. Isn’t that a Dolly Parton song? Old books. Earth, leather, so so good, feral and savory. Wow. Really. 9.4 nose. Wow. Super sweet and refined palate with amazing purity and super velvety tannins. Showing so well now. So distinctive and unique. But also so well made like the world’s best wines. Brilliant.

Jan 25th, 2019
Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.4

This wine is always a 🎯. Great bottle. Aromas one can get lost in. Roses, tar, red cherries, super aromatic, minerals, old wooden cabinet. So classic Nebbiolo. Gorgeous palate of wonderful structure and purity. Terrific mouthfeel of velvet and sweet cherry fruits. Elegant and ethereal with terrific structure. So pure. Vibrant and lively with haunting finesse and elegance. A beautiful wine. Concentrated and deep. So authentic. I love this style of wine.

This wine is always a 🎯. Great bottle. Aromas one can get lost in. Roses, tar, red cherries, super aromatic, minerals, old wooden cabinet. So classic Nebbiolo. Gorgeous palate of wonderful structure and purity. Terrific mouthfeel of velvet and sweet cherry fruits. Elegant and ethereal with terrific structure. So pure. Vibrant and lively with haunting finesse and elegance. A beautiful wine. Concentrated and deep. So authentic. I love this style of wine.

Feb 21st, 2018
Andrew Lohse

Tar, roses, rich blue fruits

Tar, roses, rich blue fruits

Nov 10th, 2017
Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.5

So so good. Cherry flower. Pulverized dried cherries. So aromatic. Licorice. Spice and floral in the background but will develop with air. Wow the cherry is so vivid. What lift. So elegant and pure. What elegance! But has that Boca structure and tannin. So so elegant. Best young Barbaglia Boca ever. So good. Long. Terrific inner mouth aromas. Fruit and florals. Insane concentration and such a baby! So refined. Really refined tannins. Wow this is exquisite. I’ll be back as it opens.

As it opens it becomes more integrated. Terrific ripe tannins. Really refined stuff.

So so good. Cherry flower. Pulverized dried cherries. So aromatic. Licorice. Spice and floral in the background but will develop with air. Wow the cherry is so vivid. What lift. So elegant and pure. What elegance! But has that Boca structure and tannin. So so elegant. Best young Barbaglia Boca ever. So good. Long. Terrific inner mouth aromas. Fruit and florals. Insane concentration and such a baby! So refined. Really refined tannins. Wow this is exquisite. I’ll be back as it opens.

As it opens it becomes more integrated. Terrific ripe tannins. Really refined stuff.

1 person found it helpfulJan 14th, 2021
Lyle Fass

Founder Fass Selections

9.3

Roses, tar, blue fruits, so detailed and delicate, yet grandiose and dramatic. Mint, menthol, so complex. Stunning. You can smell all day. Palate is delicate and juicy, So elegant with fine tannins, blue fruits and lovely hint of rusticity.

Roses, tar, blue fruits, so detailed and delicate, yet grandiose and dramatic. Mint, menthol, so complex. Stunning. You can smell all day. Palate is delicate and juicy, So elegant with fine tannins, blue fruits and lovely hint of rusticity.

1 person found it helpfulMay 16th, 2017
Eduardo Bolaños

Sommelier Terroni Downtown LA

9.2

New boca producer. Pretty tasty!

New boca producer. Pretty tasty!

Jul 2nd, 2014
Matthew Cohen

Nose: sweet roses and cherries. Intense and beautiful. So floral

Palate: sweet cherries. A bit right but so lovely and balanced. Juicy. Still young. Has a decade to go at least.

Needs an hour. Then magnificent. The 20% vespolina just takes this over the top.

Almost a 9.6. A perfect boca.

Fass selections

Nose: sweet roses and cherries. Intense and beautiful. So floral

Palate: sweet cherries. A bit right but so lovely and balanced. Juicy. Still young. Has a decade to go at least.

Needs an hour. Then magnificent. The 20% vespolina just takes this over the top.

Almost a 9.6. A perfect boca.

Fass selections

Apr 19th, 2024
Vittorio Veronelli

must be a wrong bottle!😩

must be a wrong bottle!😩

Jan 15th, 2024
Matthew Cohen

Nose : cherry spice. Cherry licorice intense florals.

Palate: sweet cherry. So elegant. Lovely. Elite balance. Hint of elegant spice.

Seriously. If you like nebbiolo you are nuts not to buy a case of this at this price.

Fass selections.

Nose : cherry spice. Cherry licorice intense florals.

Palate: sweet cherry. So elegant. Lovely. Elite balance. Hint of elegant spice.

Seriously. If you like nebbiolo you are nuts not to buy a case of this at this price.

Fass selections.

Oct 29th, 2023