Cigliuti Serraboella, Barbaresco DOCG, Italy 2019 Cerasuolo di Vittoria Opaque ruby-purple

Opaque ruby-purple

Firmly earth-rooted

This fantastic Chardonnay is from the Rogue

The fruit driven nose has notes of white flowers

morello cherry and underbrush

Cigliuti Serraboella, Barbaresco DOCG, Italy 2019 Cerasuolo di Vittoria Opaque ruby-purpleThe 2019 Barbaresco Serraboella is stellar. Here, too, the austere style of the year comes through loud and clear, but with that extra kick of mid palate sweetness that distinguishes the Serraboella. Bright, red toned Nebbiolo fruit, crushed flowers, mint, chalk and orange peel all build in the glass. The Serraboella is usually a bit richer, but in the 2019 it is a Barbaresco very much marked by sizzling tension. I would cellar it for at least a few