2018 Roagna - Barbaresco AlbesaniColour : Red Producer : Roagna Label Name : Barbaresco Albesani Country : Italy Region : Piedmont Sub Region : Barbaresco Variety : Nebbiolo Vintage : 2018 Capacity : 750 ml Standard Bottle Rating : Wine Spectator 95 pts Vinous 94 pts Tasting Note : The 2018 Barbaresco Albesani is another great wine from Roagna. Crushed red berry fruit, mint, tobacco, orange peel, spice and crushed rocks open up beautifully with a little coaxing. Deep and powerful,

remarkable phenolic texture for a white wine and a very long

It's a very creditable effort in the challenging 2005 vintage—and a Champagne that I admired for its depth and precision—so it will be interesting to taste future releases from more propitious years

pure finish of remarkable persistence for a wine of this alcohol level

preserved berries

especially with an extra few years in bottle before opening

this upstages the other three Bass Phillip Pinots with its greater depth

Quite powerful and long on the finish

structure and tannin with a more muscular

Colour : Red Producer : Domaine Pignier Label Name : Cotes du Jura En Chone Poulsard Country : France Region : Jura Sub Region : Cotes du Jura Variety : Poulsard Vintage : 2011 Capacity : 1

Bruno Giacosa did not make a red-label Asili in 2015

with refined tannins lining the finish

this is a wine of extraordinary ageing potential still in the early stages of its full development