2016 Cascina delle Rose Barbaresco Rio Sordo

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 93.5 points

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  5/6/2022 - viniferatu Likes this wine:

  Couldn't resist another try I guess. This is superb and brimming: dark plum and cherry, lavender, mint, dried mushrooms, clay... impeccable balance, this will turn velvety and smooth in time. Very long. Wait another 5+ for maximum impact, but there's still a lot to love today.

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  12/22/2020 - viniferatu Likes this wine:

  Aromas of diverse black and blue fruits, violets, lavender, mint, licorice, dried mushrooms and raw cacao, as well as delightful ethereal suspicions of tar and vanilla. Firm and fresh, with gorgeous purity to its fruit flavors, and powerful structure. Long and coating, with perfect black and blue fruits lingering alongside so many spicy and floral nuances. This is tight and tangy, and may close down for a few years. There is so much potential. I will hopefully wait 10 years before trying again.

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  7/26/2020 - Roger Rosenthal Likes this wine: 94 Points

  CASCINA DELLE ROSE RIO SORDO 2016.
  Very stylish with fine balance. Not only balance between fruit, acuity and tannin but also between generosity and austerity. The nose is flowery, but slightly on the less expressive side at the moment. The tannins are well polished with no rough edges or dustiness.
  Drinking well now with plenty of complexity, but I look forward to when it ages, gaining further complexity and harmony.

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  1/20/2020 - forceberry wrote: 93 Points

  An organic Barbaresco from the Rio Sordo Cru. Fermented for two weeks, followed by extended maceration with submerged cap method for another week. Aged in large (1000-2000 liters) Slavonian oak botti casks of for 20 months. Bottled unfined and unfiltered. 14% alcohol. Tasted blind.
  
  Somewhat translucent black cherry color with subtly brick-red highlights. Ripe, dark-toned and subtly lactic nose with pure and somewhat sweet aromas of strawberry milkshake, dark plums and ripe black raspberries, a little bit of raw pepper steak, light notes of blood, a hint of raspberry marmalade and a subtly animale touch of farmhouse funk. The wine is firm, sinewy and quite compact on the palate with medium-to-moderately full body and dry, not that ripe yet very juicy flavors of cranberries and sour cherries, some wild strawberries, a little bit of rusty iron, light notes of dried herbs, a hint of roasted game and a touch of tart lingonberry. The overall feel is wonderfully textural and rather chewy with a terrific structure, thanks to the high acidity and firm, medium-plus tannins. The finish is dry, quite tough and somewhat grippy with long, crunchy flavors of sour cherries, some tart cranberries and lingonberries, a little bit of truffle, light iron tones, a hint of tar and a touch of meaty umami.
  
  A beautifully firm and savory Nebbiolo and a real textbook example of an old-school Barbaresco. Despite its still slightly lactic nose, the wine impresses right from the get-go. Although 2016 is supposed to be a great vintage for both Barolo and Barbaresco, all too many wines from this vintage have been noticeably ripe, rather sweet-toned and even surprisingly soft. Well, not this wine. This is as lean, dry and sinewy as I want my Barbaresco to be. The tannins are not super-assertive and massively grippy, but they certainly pack some welcome punch and grit. Overall the wine feels too youthful - both aromatically and structurally - for immediate consumption, but I'm positive the wine will start to drink nicely after 2-4 years. However, since the feels all about development potential, it would make much more sense to approach it after another 12-15 years. This is a keeper. Highly recommended.

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  11/27/2019 - retired_and_roving Likes this wine:

  Thanksgiving week in Piemonte; 11/22/2019-11/30/2019 (Milan, Barolo, Alba, Barbaresco): Tasted at the winery. Smallest production with 2,500 bottles per year. 20 months in Slavonian Oak. Nose is a bit funky with mushrooms and earth - quite different from the Tre Stella. On the palate this is darker fruited with far more earthy notes - a bit brawnier. I liked this but side by side the prettier Tre Stella was more to my preference.

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