Italy

Barbaresco

Full

Cork

Riserva

Along with Elvio Cogno’s Vigna Elena Barolo, Cascina Baricchi’s Rosa delle Casasse is a rare wine made from 100% Nebbiolo Rosé. Long thought to be a pale-coloured clone of Nebbiolo, it was recently determined to be a closely related but different grape variety. Its distinct profile was conspicuous in the blind tasting: the colour is fragile garnet, yet penetrating perfumes and flavours emerge with such purity and clarity; a gorgeous profile of raspberry, rose, liquorice and strawberry. This seems impossibly youthful, and it's impossible not to not to be charmed by its joyful expression. The tannins are silky and plush, giving a fine, chalky frame. I do find bottle variation with Cascina Baricchi's wines, but this example was stunning and pristine.

Nebbiolo

Cascina Baricchi, Rosa delle Casasse Riserva, Barbaresco, Piedmont, Italy, 2013

Along with Elvio Cogno’s Vigna Elena Barolo, Cascina Baricchi’s Rosa delle Casasse is a rare wine made from 100% Nebbiolo Rosé. 

Cascina Baricchi, Rosa delle Casasse Riserva, Barbaresco

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