Enjoying the nerve and austerity of this Montefico, there’s plenty of fruit beginning to express a tertiary side, all backed up by the grippy tannin and firm mineral core. Lifted nose, dried orange peel, crushed mint, dried black cherry, peppercorn, earth, some leathery VA.
Enjoying the nerve and austerity of this Montefico, there’s plenty of fruit beginning to express a tertiary side, all backed up by the grippy tannin and firm mineral core. Lifted nose, dried orange peel, crushed mint, dried black cherry, peppercorn, earth, some leathery VA.
Feb 6th, 2023
Oct 2023: 10 y.o., first try. Still very tight, strong tannins and classic beautiful nose, not many signs of tertiaries yet. Far less approachable after 5 hours in decanter as compared to another traditionally styled Barbaresco Riserva 2013 of a less known winemaker, open together and started singing after 2 hours in open bottle. The wine built to last and please connoisseurs, 91 pts for know with great potential up to 93-94 pts some day, will give a new try in a few years
Oct 2023: 10 y.o., first try. Still very tight, strong tannins and classic beautiful nose, not many signs of tertiaries yet. Far less approachable after 5 hours in decanter as compared to another traditionally styled Barbaresco Riserva 2013 of a less known winemaker, open together and started singing after 2 hours in open bottle. The wine built to last and please connoisseurs, 91 pts for know with great potential up to 93-94 pts some day, will give a new try in a few years
Jul 22nd, 2019
DeeeLish! Definitely a delicate version of Nebbiolo. Great nose. Medium tannins. Nice fruit. But not as fruit forward as the Elio Altare we also had at dinner. I need to try more of his single vineyard wines.
DeeeLish! Definitely a delicate version of Nebbiolo. Great nose. Medium tannins. Nice fruit. But not as fruit forward as the Elio Altare we also had at dinner. I need to try more of his single vineyard wines.
Feb 18th, 2019
Barbaresco, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
