Roagna, Barbaresco Asili Vv other_regions This classic style will last

This classic style will last long in your cellar

The elegance continues onto the sleekly muscular middle weight flavors that also exude evident minerality on the moderately austere finale that offers both very fine depth and length

Grown on white volcanic ash soil

menthol and mocha overtones give the 2016 beguiling aromatic presence to match its layered

(a little known 1er that sits directly above Chambertin-Clos de Bèze made from vines planted in 1973)

Roagna, Barbaresco Asili Vv other_regions This classic style will lastThe Asili vineyard was purchased in 1961, and today the youngest vines are 80 years old. This is the central part of the cru, or what Luca Roagna calls the most "classic" part of the vineyard site. In a series of three old vine Barbaresco expressions, ordered according to growing level of intensity, the 2013 Barbaresco Asili Vecchie Viti is the first wine we tasted together. The bouquet here is nuanced and delicate with an evident mineral signature