The 2018 Barbaresco Asili is a concentrated and powerful expression. The wine shows an immediately open personality in which it flaunts its dark cherry and dried blackberry aromas. As it takes on more air in the glass, detailed nuances of earth, spice and camphor ash come into focus. The wine carries its strong fruit weight elegantly over the palate.
Pretty nose of rose hips, raspberries, flowers and cloves. It’s medium-bodied with a fine, firm tannin frame and vibrant acidity. Precise and clear-cut. Tight for now. From organically grown grapes. JS
$1760
Ceretto Asili Barbaresco 2017
RP
95
WS
93
JS
94
Their 2017 Barbaresco Asili brings you close to a sense of place. Fruit comes from a 1.3-hectare site with classic Sant'Agata marl soils. Beyond the dark fruit, much of the bouquet recalls crushed stone and iron rust, with other territory-specific aromas that are characteristic of Nebbiolo in its most naked state. You feel a touch of earthiness too, thanks to those slightly looser, open-knit tannins. Shaved truffle, dried blackberry and pressed rose seal the deal. RP
$1760
Ceretto Barbaresco Asili 2016
RP
95
JS
94
The wine offers momentary sweetness, with cherry and redcurrant followed by extremely silky and fine texture. After that bright berry fruit, the bouquet lays out dry notes of crushed stone and minerals. RP