La Spinetta, Barbaresco Valeirano Vintage:2006 and their daughters Gaia and

and their daughters Gaia and Rossana increasingly involved

less demonstrative than bottles encountered previously and less “sexier”

It feels like this 2018 vintage is still warming up and is slowly putting on volume and weight

It needs a fair bit of coaxing to unlock the intense scents of blackcurrant preserves

(89-91)/2018+

La Spinetta, Barbaresco Valeirano Vintage:2006 and their daughters Gaia andGood medium red. Wild aromas of truffle, smoke, underbrush, spices and cigar box. Then fat and lush in the mouth, showing the exotic side of the vintage. This silky Barbaresco has the sex appeal to be enjoyed early. Finishes with ripe, building tannins. Conveys a rather high pH feel, and indeed Rivetti notes that pHs are generally higher in his 2006 Barbarescos than in the 2007s. Stephen Tanzer