Guido Porro Vigna S. Caterina Barbera d'Alba, Piedmont, Italy 2022 Lyonnat The 2020 La Mission Haut-Brion

The 2020 La Mission Haut-Brion is a brilliant effort that exhibits a level of balance and integration that are impressive in such a powerful young Bordeaux

91 Pts Falstaff

showing so much fleshy fruit and powerful

Slate minerality adds to the complexity

you'll want to add this to your cellar

Guido Porro Vigna S. Caterina Barbera d'Alba, Piedmont, Italy 2022 Lyonnat The 2020 La Mission Haut-BrionPorros Barbera straddles the line between an everyday pizza wine and a more substantial red that expresses nuance and can even improve with age. For a Wednesday night pasta dinner, it checks all the boxes: ripe berry fruit with cleansing acidity; richness contrasted by vivaciousness. However, if you have a cellar, dont hesitate to lay down a few bottles: in a balanced vintage, this wine has serious potential. The 2003, for example, still drinks