Red
Basarin
By Punset, Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy
Critics and guides
- Award: Faccino 96/100 (Doctor Wine, Guida Essenziale ai Vini d'Italia 2027), vintage 2021 (source)
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Single-cru Nebbiolo from the Basarin MGA in Neive, aged at least 24 months in Slavonian oak. It is the estate's flagship Barbaresco and carries the Riserva label by house custom.
Tasting notes
Velvety and harmonious, with floral and wild berry aromas blending with chocolate and spice, graceful, delicate and persuasive. Ruby-garnet in colour, taking on slightly orange tones with age.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbaresco DOCG Riserva
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Basarin
- Production area
- MGA Basarin, Neive
- Vinification
- Made by traditional, natural methods only from organically grown grapes of the Basarin MGA in Neive. Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts, then maceration of four weeks or more. Ageing for at least 24 months in traditional Slavonian oak casks, bottling in summer, and a long rest in bottle before release. The long ageing is why the estate labels it Riserva. Certified organic by Ecogruppo Italia.
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