Ever so slightly corked.
Dec 3rd, 2021
Lunch wine #2 - perfect with a slight chill on it, letting strawberry and smoky earth, dried herbs, flowers, and licorice swirl refreshingly on the palate. The “Fausoni” comes from 40-year-old vines. This wine is in prime drinking shape but would easily last and probably improve for another decade I think.
Lunch wine #2 - perfect with a slight chill on it, letting strawberry and smoky earth, dried herbs, flowers, and licorice swirl refreshingly on the palate. The “Fausoni” comes from 40-year-old vines. This wine is in prime drinking shape but would easily last and probably improve for another decade I think.
May 24th, 2021
The most forward and fruity of the Sottimano wines I’ve tried.
The most forward and fruity of the Sottimano wines I’ve tried.
Aug 18th, 2020
The 2016 Barbaresco Fausoni is another superb wine in this lineup of 2016 Barbarescos from the Sottimano family. Bright floral and citrus overtones give the 2016 a vibrant, chiseled feel. Sweet red/purplish berry fruit, blood orange, spice, menthol rose petal and lavender are some of the many notes that flesh out in this super-expressive, mid-weight Barbaresco from Sottimano. Aromatically lifted, dense on the palate and also very structured, the 2016 is a very complete Fausoni. The 2016 finishes with tremendous persistence and a classic sense of austerity that is compelling. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, November 2019)
The 2016 Barbaresco Fausoni is another superb wine in this lineup of 2016 Barbarescos from the Sottimano family. Bright floral and citrus overtones give the 2016 a vibrant, chiseled feel. Sweet red/purplish berry fruit, blood orange, spice, menthol rose petal and lavender are some of the many notes that flesh out in this super-expressive, mid-weight Barbaresco from Sottimano. Aromatically lifted, dense on the palate and also very structured, the 2016 is a very complete Fausoni. The 2016 finishes with tremendous persistence and a classic sense of austerity that is compelling. (Antonio Galloni, Vinous, November 2019)
Nov 7th, 2019
Light Cherry, strawberry, red raspberry, leather, earth/mushroom, stone. Tannins and acidity are still fairly high, though primary fruit is diminished.
Light Cherry, strawberry, red raspberry, leather, earth/mushroom, stone. Tannins and acidity are still fairly high, though primary fruit is diminished.
Sep 19th, 2016
Modern but typicity still shines through. Ripe but not OTT. Very good.
Modern but typicity still shines through. Ripe but not OTT. Very good.
Jan 10th, 2016
Will be ready sooner rather than later
Will be ready sooner rather than later
Sep 8th, 2015
Sugo for dinner or barbaresco!
Sugo for dinner or barbaresco!
Sep 18th, 2014
Finally! Haven’t opened one of these in years and found earlier bottles to have oak notes that distracted. This one seems so much more balanced and almost classic in its profile. The whole tar and roses thing is right there. Nice.
Finally! Haven’t opened one of these in years and found earlier bottles to have oak notes that distracted. This one seems so much more balanced and almost classic in its profile. The whole tar and roses thing is right there. Nice.
Sep 15th, 2024
So delicious and an excellent complement to gnocchi … dried rose, black cherry, pomegranate, strawberry rhubarb, licorice, anise, leather, pipe tobacco, nutmeg, cardamom, clove.
So delicious and an excellent complement to gnocchi … dried rose, black cherry, pomegranate, strawberry rhubarb, licorice, anise, leather, pipe tobacco, nutmeg, cardamom, clove.
Feb 18th, 2024
Barbaresco, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
