2006 Barbaresco Cru Rio Sordo, Barbaresco, Cascina delle Rose

Reassuringly pale brick red, taut yet delicate, with a deft sense of dark, spicy, licorice-coated berried fruit, of verve, of purpose. Barbaresco Rio Sordo is moreishly gentle to taste, with bright, succulent, refreshingly pure, with cleansing acidity, a certain profondita, of noble charm and poise. Excellent, to drink now till 2016, and beyond senze dubbio, along with game.
(David Berry Green, BBR Buyer)

Unbelievable perfume. Leaps out of the glass. Ripe and succulent fruit. Burly tannins wrapped tightly around the fruit, as if they never want to let go. But the fruit is so pure.
(Tamlyn Currin - jancisrobinson.com - 25 Mar 2010)