Punset Barbaresco San Cristoforo Campo Quadro 2012
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Intense red. Floral and complex at the same, berry notes combined with chocolate, spices, herbs and light mint. Elegant and structured features intense color, complex aroma and a large accompanying mild side and even floral aromas, with spices, chocolate, butter is a continuous evolution towards a highly intriguing olfactory heritage that is only a preamble to the pleasant taste. Is an extremely complex Barbaresco that in the early years of life is very affable, while boasting a remarkable longevity.
Barbaresco is traditionally the companion of main courses but due to its delicate aromas find a proper link with risotto and pasta dishes and tasty with all the cheese. Someone also outlines a pairing with desserts made with chocolate.
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Reaching its peak, this red reveals fading plum, carob, licorice, earth, eucalyptus and spice flavors. Rich and harmonious, with ample acidity and dusty, well-integrated tannins. Drink now through 2032.
“Punset” derives from piedmontese dialect and has legendary origin: it seems that historically the Count of Neive gave this nickname, which literally means “beautiful hill” or “peak”, to describe the only of their lands emerging by the autumn fog they could admire from the castle. The vineyards have been owned by the Marcarino family since distant times and it is difficult to trace to the date of commencement of the activity of wine-making; this in the past was not the main effort of the house and the production of wine was limited to having to meet the family consumption. Renzo Marcarino, in 1964, officially begins the activity by placing the first bottles on the market.
At the beginning of the years ’80 a decisive step, desired and pursued by his daughter Marina, marks the turning point: convert all of property to organic farming, eliminating all kinds of pesticide and chemical products.