Roagna, Barbaresco Asili Vv other_regions finishing with dark chocolate

finishing with dark chocolate

The wine is full-bodied

Stefano Frascolla and Tua Rita have almost single-handedly put Suvereto on Italys winemaking map

(from a mix of vines up to 50 years of age)

A ripe and wonderfully fresh nose also flashes plenty of classic Chablis character on the white-fleshed fruit and floral nose where background notes of iodine and oyster shell are present

Roagna, Barbaresco Asili Vv other_regions finishing with dark chocolateThe Asili vineyard was purchased in 1961, and today the youngest vines are 80 years old. This is the central part of the cru, or what Luca Roagna calls the most "classic" part of the vineyard site. In a series of three old vine Barbaresco expressions, ordered according to growing level of intensity, the 2013 Barbaresco Asili Vecchie Viti is the first wine we tasted together. The bouquet here is nuanced and delicate with an evident mineral signature