Francesco Versio, Barbaresco

Francesco Versio, BarbarescoNeive. Tasted blind. Deep, lustrous ruby. Deep, aromatic cherry fruit nose and plenty of fragrant sweet cherry on the palate. Very embryonic and long and with lots of chewy tannins and succulent acidity. Concentrated and yet elegantly built. (WS)

most of the production was sold off to negociants until around 1993

There is once again excellent volume and richness to the velvet-textured flavors thanks to the abundant dry extract

supple and seductively textured flavors that possess good power and punch on the moderately firm

Here too the nose is quite floral with good layering in the form of mostly white orchard fruit and citrus confit

layered and fleshy wine with a bright core of fruit

white flowers and an interesting hint of mandarin orange

Cooler and more elegant if not necessarily more complex aromas of spicy essence of pear and kiwi display lovely layering

23% Mourvedre

rich and opulently fruited in the mouth

buffers the exceptionally firm though not hard or even especially rustic tannins shaping the strikingly long finish that displays the same dazzling complexity as the nose

This is more discreet and reserved with wonderfully pure notes of red

dark berries