Giovanni Corino, Barbera d'Alba Vigna Pozzo Vintage:2001

Giovanni Corino, Barbera d'Alba Vigna Pozzo Vintage:2001Intense, with loads of black fruit and oaky character. Full bodied, with fine, compact tannins and a long finish. Refined and delicious. I always love this Barbera. Best after 2005. 500 cases made. JS

But the aromas don't stop there

Supple and appealingly sweet

Aged four years on the lees

but its benchmark quality is already glaringly apparent

Bright and delicate

The mouthfeel is thickly woven and generous

Owners of vast vineyards (totaling some 500 acres) that supply the majority of their fruit

tobacco and cocoa notes

The citrus-colored sample of the 2020 Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Moelleux Première Trie still shows a very fine CO2 perlage in the glass that opens with clear and concentrated but also lush fruit and floral and chalky aromas

They selected north- and west-facing vineyards to achieve more freshness in the wine

And that last trait is not one I usually associate with youthful Breuer crus

but with plenty of marrow packing its bones