Italy

Barbaresco Starderi

Medium

Cork

This saw a judicious 15-day fermentation/maceration followed by just 12 months in 70-hectolitre casks. Captivating in restraint and enticingly earthy, it unfolds with raspberry, redcurrants, damp soil and truffles. The palate is precisely etched and almost angular in frame. There is just enough pristine, juicy fruit to flesh it out. The tannins are refined and tactile, and all falls into splendid balance, simultaneously discreet and still so wonderfully evocative of place. I am putting this producer on my ‘must-watch’ list. Estate holdings in Starderi total 2.5ha and the vines were planted in 1967 on a sunny, southwest-facing slope.

Nebbiolo

Renato Fenocchio, Barbaresco Starderi, Neive, Piedmont, Italy, 2022

This saw a judicious 15-day fermentation/maceration followed by just 12 months in 70-hectolitre casks. Captivating in restraint 

Renato Fenocchio, Barbaresco Starderi, Neive, Piedmont, 2022

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