Pio Cesare Barbaresco Il Bricco DOCG 2017

Dried strawberries, ash, tar and dried flowers, such as roses, on the nose. Full-bodied and very tannic with powerful tannins and a savory finish. It’s spicy and intense at the end. A very structured red. Imposing tannins. Drink in 2024.

With fruit from the village of Treiso, the Pio Cesare 2017 Barbaresco Il Bricco shows a delicate and fine embroidery of small berry fruit, wild blueberry, blue flower, smoky ash and licorice. There is a tarry note in this vintage that is spurred on, I am sure, by the heat and drought of the summer season. Despite that extreme weather, the wine is gracefully contained and never too ripe or heavy.

From two plots from the Il Bricco estate, producing around 5,000 bottles per year. It's windy at this high elevation, with big diurnal and nocturnal temperature differences. Earthy, with pure red and black berry aromas, it features lovely sweet, ripe flavours accompanied by excellent freshness. It displays a better tannic structure and higher acidity than the entry-level Barbaresco, with excellent balance and freshness.