Francesco Versio, Barbaresco Vintage:2016 the sheer depth and length

the sheer depth and length of the medium plus weight flavors is impressive

a brilliant wine that derives from a mere four of the 45 plots that are candidates for inclusion in Cristal

sleek and muscular flavors that possess a lovely sense of underlying tension on the pungently saline finish

but it also has the pedigree and beautiful inner structure for long cellar aging

Francesco Versio, Barbaresco Vintage:2016 the sheer depth and lengthNeive. 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)