Le Rocche Dei Barbari
Riserva Alivio Barbaresco Nebbiolo
Barbaresco, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
Light reddish in color with light intensity.
Really pretty nose, with nice elegance.
Light to medium in body with medium acidity.
Dry on the palate with nice complexity and mouthfeel.
Showing raspberries, cherries, red currants, light wood, spices, wild flowers, chocolates and tobacco.
Medium plus on the finish with round tannins and tangy raspberries.
This is a very tasty Barbaresco with some nice age to it. Elegant and rich. Complex with good structure.
This 8 year old Barbaresco is still young, and will continue to age nicely in the next 15 to 20 years. I had the 1998 not too long ago and it was so much better.
Easy drinking and good by itself or with food.
100% Nebbiolo grapes were aged for 5 years in Oak and Concrete tanks.
14% alcohol by volume.
91 points.
$80.
Light reddish in color with light intensity.
Really pretty nose, with nice elegance.
Light to medium in body with medium acidity.
Dry on the palate with nice complexity and mouthfeel.
Showing raspberries, cherries, red currants, light wood, spices, wild flowers, chocolates and tobacco.
Medium plus on the finish with round tannins and tangy raspberries.
This is a very tasty Barbaresco with some nice age to it. Elegant and rich. Complex with good structure.
This 8 year old Barbaresco is still young, and will continue to age nicely in the next 15 to 20 years. I had the 1998 not too long ago and it was so much better.
Easy drinking and good by itself or with food.
100% Nebbiolo grapes were aged for 5 years in Oak and Concrete tanks.
14% alcohol by volume.
91 points.
$80.
Nose is a bit tight now but has unreal spice. Cardamon, clove, spicecake, vulcanized rubber, melting road tar, dried roses, and whoah levels of spice. But it will expand as it aerates. The palate is where it is at right now. Wow. Wow. Elegant and delicate but so so deeply fruited with glorious mid to early season cherry and so much energy and freshness and just off the charts mineral complexity. What a finish with gorgeous velvety tannins and a sicko finish that takes over your mouth. Tannins are initially drying but so juicy and refined and will velvet out as that what these wines do. Let’s see where air takes this. Now after an hour the nose is heaven. Wow. Roses galore. Soy. Spice has integrated. Gorgeous clear minerality. Wow that palate is just incredible now. Deep, rich and sweet but unreal finesse, sweet tannins and just the most perfect balance. Just stunning. 9.5 to 9.6.
Nose is a bit tight now but has unreal spice. Cardamon, clove, spicecake, vulcanized rubber, melting road tar, dried roses, and whoah levels of spice. But it will expand as it aerates. The palate is where it is at right now. Wow. Wow. Elegant and delicate but so so deeply fruited with glorious mid to early season cherry and so much energy and freshness and just off the charts mineral complexity. What a finish with gorgeous velvety tannins and a sicko finish that takes over your mouth. Tannins are initially drying but so juicy and refined and will velvet out as that what these wines do. Let’s see where air takes this. Now after an hour the nose is heaven. Wow. Roses galore. Soy. Spice has integrated. Gorgeous clear minerality. Wow that palate is just incredible now. Deep, rich and sweet but unreal finesse, sweet tannins and just the most perfect balance. Just stunning. 9.5 to 9.6.
May 20th, 2024