A wonderfully broad-ranging nose reflects plenty of floral influences along with a lovely array of spice elements on the dark berry and Asian-style tea scented nose

Tasted from a bottle from my personal cellar

Soft reduction shaves the top notes from the nose of mostly white orchard fruit

Much more modulated wood and reduction make the nose difficult to assess today

Pale straw

Francesco Versio, Barbaresco other_regions_italy A wonderfully broad-ranging nose reflectsNeive. 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)