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.
Bottle
£18.50
Bottle
£20.10
Bottle 6 x 75cl 7cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Case price (Bottle 6 x 75cl)
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Case price (Bottle 6 x 75cl)
Bottle 6 x 75cl 3cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle
£160.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 18cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle
£165.00
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
John Stimpfig - Decanter 25/09/18
Case price (Bottle 6 x 75cl)
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Case price (Bottle 6 x 75cl)
Bottle 6 x 75cl 12cs
Antonio Galloni, Vinous, October 2014
Case price (Magnum 1 x 150cl)
Magnum 1 x 150cl 1cs
Walter Speller - jancisrobinson.com, Oct 2016
Case price (Magnum 1 x 150cl)
Magnum 1 x 150cl 2cs
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
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
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.
One of the oldest, and finest Barbaresco estates, Cascina Luisin is located close to the village itself, overlooking its prime vineyard of Rabajà. Son 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 pretty Barbaresco Paolin and more structured Rabajà, this year we are offering the first release of their old-vine Asili.
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
Bottle 6 x 75cl 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
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Magnum 3 x 150cl 1cs
David Berry Green
Luca Roagna has captured the pure essence of one of Barbaresco’s aristocratic vineyards. This is the Musigny of Barbaresco, with the 50-plus year old vines producing a wine with an ethereal cherry and raspberry-infused nose. The wine has a powerful grace to it, with a sense of the sweet red fruit mid-palate before layers of black tea, crushed herbs, hints of mint and sandalwood add complexity. A star and a wine that will drink for 20 or 30 years should you choose.
Matthew Tipping - Private Account Manager
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Magnum 3 x 150cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Kattherine Dart MW, Wine Buyer
Katherine Dart MW, Wine Buyer
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
Magnum 1 x 150cl 1cs
Katherine Dart MW, Wine Buyer
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
You’ve probably never heard of him or of his village, San Rocco Seno d’Elvio, but one sip of his wine suggests he understands the fresh, delicate pleasure that straightforward Barbaresco can & should bring. His 2007 vintage is as bright as those fresh September nights prior to harvest, along with pinpoint cherry & strawberry scent created by the warm summer. Similarly the palate is charming and elegant; no concentrators, rotofermentors or barriques here, just wine made in a time-honoured fashion.
There’s a welcome softness, suaveness, along with a hint of leather to keep your feet on the ground. The use of slavonian oak botte contributing savoury notes of chicory and coffee bean. And it wears its alcohol oh so lightly, making it a delicious drink now & over the next 10 years. Production in 2007 was 5,500 bottles.
David Berry Green, Fine Wine Buyer
Bottle 6 x 75cl 1cs
David Berry Green
Bottle 6 x 75cl 2cs
"Made in a more traditional style than Seraboella, aged for 25 months in Slavonian botte, this top vintage is made up of 8 year-old vineyards, yielding a more accessible Barbaresco, but one that can age for 10 years, given the quality of this great vintage" David Berry Green (BBR Buyer)
Bottle 12 x 75cl 1cs
Monica Larner, The Wine Advocate (summer 2017)