BARBARESCO La Rocca 1998
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Wine Details
| Vintage | 1998 |
|---|---|
| Wine | Red |
| Status | DOCG, DP |
| Case | £444.00 |
| Bottle | £37.00 |
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Castello di Neive, Piedmont
From the 40 year-old vines of Santo Stefano, but from a specific small area of the vineyard, which has a noticeably harder, more minerally soil composition (hence the name). La Rocca is the Estate's most structured wine and sees a little more new oak to soften it. More broad-shouldered than the Riserva, but not lacking in finesse, with pronounced aromas and flavours of wild roses, ripe red fruits, polished leather, cloves and cocoa.
The Castello di Neive estate
Situated in one of Italy's most picturesque hilltop villages, the castle has played an important part in the development of the region's most famous varietal - Nebbiolo, since 1857 when, in its cellars, famed French oenologist, Louis Oudart began to transform the sweet, unstructured wines of the time into the distinctive, dry style often viewed today as the Burgundy of Italy. Castello di Neive's Barbarescos are unbendingly traditional, rich but refined, austere and aristocratic. They also produce a delicious vintage Metodo Classico and Arneis Passito to top and tail dinner.
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