Francesco Versio, Barbaresco other_regions This could easily compete with

This could easily compete with many Meursault 1ers

Orchard fruit

blended just after fermentation and then aged 19 months in 54% new French oak

An exuberantly floral-suffused nose speaks of both red and dark berries

all wrapped in a lingering finish that presently displays a hint of an edge that may or may not ever round off

Francesco Versio, Barbaresco other_regions This could easily compete withNeive. 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)