Barberesco San Stunet
2021
Region
Italy › Piedmont › Barbaresco DOCG
Type
red · still
Grapes
Nebbiolo
Alcohol
14.5%
Volume
750 mL
Tasting Notes
OK, this is stupidly my style. Super delicate, feminine in all the right ways - floral, perfumed, the kind of nose you just want to keep returning to. It's love at first sniff. The tea thing here is more refined Ya'an than the Liu An basket tea character in Busso's other wines. Touch of meat and liquorice keeping it grounded. Of the whole lineup, this is the only one actually ready to drink today. Juicy, delicate, beautiful, dangerously drinkable. This is Nebbiolo in silk gloves, whispering sweet nothings. Exactly what I want from Barberesco when I'm not in the mood for a fight.
About
The estate's highest vineyard at 400 meters in Treiso commune encompasses 1.5 hectares of what Pierguido calls "crazy steep, windy, and completely exposed" terrain. Yellow marls with limestone dominate the thin soils, creating conditions so extreme that harvest occurs 10 days after other sites. The 25-35 year old vines undergo traditional fermentation with careful extraction, followed by two years in large oak - these wines need an additional 1-2 years to show their best.
