Prunotto Barbaresco 2015
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Garnet red in color, with good tonal intensity, this wine expresses a complex aroma with notes of red fruit and licorice. It is full and velvety on the palate with a long finish and aftertaste.
This wine's full-bodied structure makes it an excellent match for meat dishes and for cheese.
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James Suckling
Aromas of plums, berries and walnuts with hints of cedar. Medium-bodied, tangy and fruity with velvety tannins and a flavorful finish. Tangy yet juicy. Drink in 2020.
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Invigorating aromas of red berry, wild mint, camphor and a whiff of rose lead the nose on this radiant red. Focused and elegant, the savory palate doles out juicy red cherry, strawberry compote, orange zest and star anise alongside fine-grained tannins and fresh acidity. It’s ethereal and ready to enjoy now, but will also offer several years of drinking pleasure. Drink now–2025.
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Pretty, high-toned aromas of macerated cherry, strawberry, rose and earth mark this taut, elegant red. Compact now, but stretches out nicely on the finish. Best from 2022 through 2038.
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
There is some medicinal and balsam herb in the 2015 Barbaresco that works well against the black and ripe cherry fruit at its core. However, the wine is lean and tight in the mouth. The fruit is shapely and round, making for an accessible approach overall.
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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.