Roagna, Barbaresco Asili Vv other_regions offering scents of cherry and

offering scents of cherry and musky underbrush

Grown on white volcanic ash soil

in a somehow more baroque way

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

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

Roagna, Barbaresco Asili Vv other_regions offering scents of cherry andThe 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