Cascina delle Rose Barbaresco Cascina Tre Stelle 2010
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The 2010 Barbaresco Tre Stelle is a wine with an attitude, a really positive one in fact. Dark pressed fruit and blue flower create a gorgeous bouquet that is laced with smoky notes of tar, licorice and spice. This wine flaunts a tight and firm consistency that is supported by the fine and integrated tannins. Its personality is delicate and feminine, but the wine’s persistency and determination is full-throttle.
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This gorgeous, single-vineyard Barbaresco has an enticing Nebbiolo perfume of forest floor, Alpine herbs, ripe berry, truffle and a hint of leather. The palate delivers cherry notes sprinkled with spice, and shows great depth and balance. It's elegant and already shows mesmerizing complexity.
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In the immediate post-war period my grandparents Beatrice and Ferdinando fell in love with this house and its singular view on the natural spectacle of hills up to the amazing setting of the Alps. I kept splendid memories of games in the wild, of creamy and hot milk just milked, of festive days in the farmyard for threshing wheat, of evening tales during the stripping of corn, of aching knees for the collection of hazelnuts, of large baskets of the harvest and intense smells from the fermentation of the grapes in the vats. In 1974 the need for "real things" moved me definitively to this house, one of my most intense memories. Hence a dream was born: to give continuity to my grandparents' farm. And also the path to serenity and tranquility. Thus began their story ... infinite: the house, the vineyards, the cellar and the family. In 1997 Italo joined me with his children, Davide and Riccardo : their present and their future.
Responsible for some of the most elegant and age-worthy wines in the world, Nebbiolo, named for the ubiquitous autumnal fog (called nebbia in Italian), is the star variety of northern Italy’s Piedmont region. Grown throughout the area, as well as in the neighboring Valle d’Aosta and Valtellina, it reaches its highest potential in the Piedmontese villages of Barolo, Barbaresco and Roero. Outside of Italy, growers are still very much in the experimentation stage but some success has been achieved in parts of California. Somm Secret—If you’re new to Nebbiolo, start with a charming, wallet-friendly, early-drinking Langhe Nebbiolo or Nebbiolo d'Alba.
A wine that most perfectly conveys the spirit and essence of its place, Barbaresco is true reflection of terroir. Its star grape, like that in the neighboring Barolo region, is Nebbiolo. Four townships within the Barbaresco zone can produce Barbaresco: the actual village of Barbaresco, as well as Neive, Treiso and San Rocco Seno d'Elvio.
Broadly speaking there are more similarities in the soils of Barbaresco and Barolo than there are differences. Barbaresco’s soils are approximately of the same two major soil types as Barolo: blue-grey marl of the Tortonion epoch, producing more fragile and aromatic characteristics, and Helvetian white yellow marl, which produces wines with more structure and tannins.
Nebbiolo ripens earlier in Barbaresco than in Barolo, primarily due to the vineyards’ proximity to the Tanaro River and lower elevations. While the wines here are still powerful, Barbaresco expresses a more feminine side of Nebbiolo, often with softer tannins, delicate fruit and an elegant perfume. Typical in a well-made Barbaresco are expressions of rose petal, cherry, strawberry, violets, smoke and spice. These wines need a few years before they reach their peak, the best of which need over a decade or longer. Bottle aging adds more savory characteristics, such as earth, iron and dried fruit.