Roagna, Barbaresco Asili Vv other_regions deeply concentrated blackberry and violet

deeply concentrated blackberry and violet pastille flavors and a suggestion of star anise

offering scents of cherry and musky underbrush

there is a wall of dark

Grown on white volcanic ash soil

in a somehow more baroque way

Roagna, Barbaresco Asili Vv other_regions deeply concentrated blackberry and violetThe Asili vineyard was purchased in 1961, and today the youngest vines are 80 years old. This is the central part of the cru, or what Luca Roagna calls the most "classic" part of the vineyard site. In a series of three old vine Barbaresco expressions, ordered according to growing level of intensity, the 2013 Barbaresco Asili Vecchie Viti is the first wine we tasted together. The bouquet here is nuanced and delicate with an evident mineral signature