Cascina Delle Rose Barbaresco RIO SORDO DOCG (2022) - Piemonte

£86.00

The deeper, earthier sister of Tre Stelle: older vines, more soil, more weight.

 

THE GRAPE
Nebbiolo from vines planted in 1958 in Rio Sordo, one of Barbaresco's historic crus. Here there is a full metre of topsoil over the limestone, and the grape responds with more flesh and a darker register than next door.

THE WINE
Same cellar, same big Slavonian casks, very different wine. Black cherry and plum rather than red, dried herbs, leather, a savoury, almost truffled note that gets stronger with age. 2022's warmth suits it — the old vines handled the dry summer and the wine is generous without being soft. Give it a decant now, or five to ten years in the dark.

FOOD PAIRING
Slow-cooked beef cheek, lamb shoulder with rosemary, wild boar ragù, or a hard, aged cheese. The bigger dishes of the Langhe.

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