Roagna, Barbaresco Montefico Vintage:2008

Roagna, Barbaresco Montefico Vintage:2008The 2005 Barbaresco Montefico, from one of the villages top sites, shows marvelous inner sweetness allied to a powerful expression of Nebbiolo. Crushed flowers, black cherries, smoke and leather are some of the nuances that flow from this brooding, inward Barbaresco. The wine opens up beautifully in the glass, showing terrific nuance, complexity and pedigree. Simply put, this is a joyous bottle of Barbaresco Piedmont fans wont want to be without. The

black olive and even some tarry notes feature prominently in this medium to full-bodied wine thats supple

The 2012 Pavie-Macquin shows how appealing the best wines from this vintage are

campfire embers

powdery tannins and bags of freshness boosting the last throws of fruit

an energetic gentleman with obligatory bleached moustache

Montrachet typically fleshes out substantially with bottle age and this should do that as well but it’s not clear that there is necessarily better potential here compared to either the Criots or the Bâtard

30 cases imported

400 cases made

combining more Mediterranean and Atlantic characteristics

delineated and tension-filled flavors that exude a fine minerality on the balanced

which sounds extreme but bear in mind this is the cooler section of the plateau back towards the border with Castillon and these soils take longer to fully ripen their grapes

it prances out of the glass with the most gorgeous perfume of redcurrant jelly