Roagna, Barbaresco Albesani Size:6x750ml black raspberries and black currants

black raspberries and black currants plus a hint of iron ore

A discreet touch of wood frames mildly reduced aromas such that I would strongly advise decanting this if you’re going to sacrifice a bottle in the interest of “science”

Ripe aromas include those of plum

A disappointment

and loads of complexity

Roagna, Barbaresco Albesani Size:6x750ml black raspberries and black currantsDrawing its fruit from a leased vineyard in Neive, the Roagna 2014 Barbaresco Albesani opens to a medium ruby color with pretty garnet highlights. The wine is redolent of dark fruit, dried cherry, tilled earth and black licorice. There is much more aromatic intensity here than you might expect given the rather subtle and nuanced appearance the wine makes in the glass. The soils in Albesani are fundamentally calcareous, and these conditions add to the