Braida, Barbera d'Asti Bricco Bigotta

Braida, Barbera d'Asti Bricco BigottaDark and juicy, with blackberry and plum accented by coffee and chocolate, all of it backed by a vibrant structure that keeps this fresh and lively. Drink now through 2012. BS

plus suggestions of bay leaves and balsamic

Here there is no reductive funk as the agreeably fresh nose offers up ripe notes of earthy and spicy purple fruit

wild scrub and salty flavors are the hallmarks of this dense

I had two vintages of the old-vine cuvée to taste side by side

More than half of this wine is cabernet franc and it shows in its penetrating minerality and serious tannic spine

(from old vines of an indeterminate age)

Best from 2020 through 2040

crushed chalk and then a silky citric grip

This is also quite elegant with its cool and pure nose of red berry

The 2001 Barolo Sarmassa (magnum) flows onto the palate with crushed rose petals

indeed it’s much more classic Gevrey in character with its notes of smoked game

grainy backbone of very ripe tannins and tons of vivacity