Mineral- and smoke-accented blackberry and blueberry on the intensely perfumed nose and in the mouth
Conterno’s Barbera officially carries the Cascina Francia vineyard designation to differentiate it from a new single-vineyard Barbera from the Cerretta vineyard the estate will release beginning with the 2008 vintage
don’t think about touching bottles until at least 2020
more volume and it's quite open and expressive
Barroche, Chateauneuf Du Pape Pure Vintage:2016 Mineral- and smoke-accented blackberry andPowerful, concentrated, plush, ripe and almost dense, there is a wall of dark, red fruit, jam, pepper and earthy notes. The full bodied,opulently, textured finish leaves you with spicy, pure kirsch, black cherry and pepper notes. Before tasting this bottle, I was aware of all the comments regarding secondary fermentations, so I looked for it. There were no issues with this specific bottle.