Roagna, Barbaresco Albesani

Roagna, Barbaresco AlbesaniDrawing its fruit from a leased vineyard in Neive, the Roagna 2014 Barbaresco Albesani opens to a medium ruby color with pretty garnet highlights. The wine is redolent of dark fruit, dried cherry, tilled earth and black licorice. There is much more aromatic intensity here than you might expect given the rather subtle and nuanced appearance the wine makes in the glass. The soils in Albesani are fundamentally calcareous, and these conditions add to the

68 ha parcel)

This wine has historically seen its fruit come from the Neive subzone of the Barbaresco appellation

but it is often hard for them to justify the pricing compared to other wines that also perform well for a lot less money

tobacco and dried florals

85 ha parcel purchased in late 1992)

Beams of tannin dominate over the radiant fruit that was much more expressive when the wine was in barrel

As is usually the case the broad-shouldered flavors possess more size and weight though perhaps a bit less than I usually see between the Ech and this wine

indeed utterly delicious without being common

Wines from this property have been gaining in complexity under scrupulous Moueix vineyard management

Larner vineyard (Ballard Canyon) and Watch Hill vineyard (Alisos Canyon)

making it great for drinking over the next few years

mandarin orange peel and ground anise in this light-bodied