The 2021 Barbaresco is exquisite. Bright and delineated, with tons of energy, the 2021 bristles with saline-infused energy. Red berry fruit, blood orange, chalk, mint and white pepper lend tons of energy to this deceptively mid-weight, nervy young Barbaresco. Vineyard sites are Ovello, Cole and Loreto. (AG) - 94pts Vinous
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This estate has been making outstanding, terroir-driven Barbarescos for generations. Pietro Rocca, the family's smiling and modest patriarch, is a fourth generation "vignaiolo," grape-grower. In the early 1970s, he began making and bottling Barbarescos himself. The estate's single vineyard bottlings come from two of the most coveted sites in Barbaresco. In Montestefano, which produces famously-structured Barbarescos, the Roccas own prime parcels situated at 270 m above sea level with full southern exposures.