Barbaresco
The Piedmontese DOCG zone of Barbaresco is responsible for some of Italy’s finest wines. It occupies the same region and uses the same grape (Nebbiolo) as Barolo, but is a third of the size (only 640 hectares versus Barolo’s 1,700 hectares). It is also 50 years younger, having produced wine labelled Barbaresco since 1890. It earned its DOCG in 1980, largely thanks to the efforts of Angelo Gaja.
The Piedmontese DOCG zone of Barbaresco is responsible for producing some of Italy’s finest wines. It occupies the same region and uses the same grape (Nebbiolo) as its bigger brother Barolo, but is a third of the size (only 640 hectares versus Barolo’s 1,700 hectares). It is also 50 years younger than Barolo, having produced wine labelled Barbaresco since 1890.
Barbaresco earned its DOCG after Barolo in 1980, largely thanks to the efforts of Angelo Gaja. The soils are lighter here than in Barolo – both in colour and weight – and more calcareous. The slopes are also less favourably situated and (relatively speaking) yield earlier-maturing yet extremely elegant wines that require less oak ageing (normally one year in oak plus six months in bottle). The appellation’s key districts are Barbaresco, Treiso, Neive and Alba.
Recommended producers: Cigliuti, Gaja, Marchesi di Gresy
Prices:
Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs
Bottle
£41.25
Bottle 6 x 75cl 6cs
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle
£43.85
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle
£160.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 4cs
Antonio Galloni, Vinous, October 2014
Case price (Magnum 1 x 150cl)
Magnum 1 x 150cl 3cs
Walter Speller - jancisrobinson.com, Oct 2016
Case price (Magnum 1 x 150cl)
Magnum 1 x 150cl 2cs
Case price (D. Magnum 1 x 300cl)
D. Magnum 1 x 300cl 1cs
Walter Speller - jancisrobinson.com, Oct 2016
Case price (D. Magnum 1 x 300cl)
D. Magnum 1 x 300cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
One of the oldest, and finest, Barbaresco estates, Cascina Luisin is located close to the village itself, overlooking its prime vineyard of Rabajà. Roberto is gradually filling the shoes of his father, Luigi Minuto. There has been a renovation of the large oak botti, with Austrian Stockinger oak, along with a new family reserves cellar for all those magnificent old bottles. Alongside the structured Rabajà, this year we are also offering the second release of their old-vine Asili.
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Destined to be an engineer thanks to a family construction business, Marina rebelled and headed to the vineyards on the family’s 17-hectare estate overlooking Neive, following in the footsteps of her grandmother. Trained in viticulture, she turned the property organic in 1982 (certified in 1993). All the vineyards are grassed over, with the fruit being vinified traditionally in both cement and stainless steel, before being aged in a combination of used French tonneaux and Slavonian botti. She has three Barbaresco vineyards: Basarin, San Cristoforo and San Cristoforo Campo Quadro.
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
The father and son team of Alfredo and Luca Roagna are celebrating the completion of their new cantina in Castiglione Falletto, in the heart of La Pira vineyard, a prime location they’ve owned since 1989, but had bought fruit from since the 1950s. Both in their Barolo and Barbaresco estates (15 hectares in total), they pride themselves on their organic, grassed-over vineyards. They’re fortunate to have a wealth of oldvine fruit at their disposal which, of course, they vinify traditionally with extended maceration in large oak barrels.
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Magnum 3 x 150cl 1cs
D. Magnum 1 x 300cl 1cs
The father and son team of Alfredo and Luca Roagna are celebrating the completion of their new cantina in Castiglione Falletto, in the heart of La Pira vineyard, a prime location they’ve owned since 1989, but had bought fruit from since the 1950s. Both in their Barolo and Barbaresco estates (15 hectares in total), they pride themselves on their organic, grassed-over vineyards. They’re fortunate to have a wealth of oldvine fruit at their disposal which, of course, they vinify traditionally with extended maceration in large oak barrels.
The father and son team of Alfredo and Luca Roagna are celebrating the completion of their new cantina in Castiglione Falletto, in the heart of La Pira vineyard, a prime location they’ve owned since 1989, but had bought fruit from since the 1950s. Both in their Barolo and Barbaresco estates (15 hectares in total), they pride themselves on their organic, grassed-over vineyards. They’re fortunate to have a wealth of oldvine fruit at their disposal which, of course, they vinify traditionally with extended maceration in large oak barrels.
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Magnum 3 x 150cl 1cs
D. Magnum 1 x 300cl 1cs
The father and son team of Alfredo and Luca Roagna are celebrating the completion of their new cantina in Castiglione Falletto, in the heart of La Pira vineyard, a prime location they’ve owned since 1989, but had bought fruit from since the 1950s. Both in their Barolo and Barbaresco estates (15 hectares in total), they pride themselves on their organic, grassed-over vineyards. They’re fortunate to have a wealth of oldvine fruit at their disposal which, of course, they vinify traditionally with extended maceration in large oak barrels.
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Magnum 3 x 150cl 1cs
D. Magnum 1 x 300cl 1cs
David Berry Green
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Magnum 3 x 150cl 1cs
What a pretty wine: a striking violet-rose colour, so bright and transparent – so Barbaresco. The nose swoons with kirsch, raspberry and violet lift and zing. The full yet delicate palate is at once taut and alive. Such fluidity, such clarity; this is full of joy and raspberry essence. No surprise, perhaps, given the wonderful Pajé vineyard, with its 45-year-old vines, perfectly sheltered, on white Barbaresco soils.
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs
Kattherine Dart MW, Wine Buyer
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Katherine Dart MW, Wine Buyer
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Magnum 3 x 150cl 1cs
D. Magnum 1 x 300cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Katherine Dart MW, Wine Buyer
