2015 Barbaresco
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More translucent, the 2015 Barbaresco is another Burgundian effort with lots of light cherry fruits, dried flowers, licorice, and hints of tar all emerging from the glass. It's medium-bodied, light, and elegant, with silky tannins and outstanding length. It has plenty of upfront appeal and is going to evolve for 15 years or more with ease.
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Jeb Dunnuck
Antonio Galloni, Vinous
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Pio Cesare's 2015 Barbaresco is laced with dried cherry, mint, sweet pipe tobacco and cedar. Medium in body and fleeting in feel, the 2015 looks like a wine that will offer its best drinking sooner rather than later. I find the 2015 too forward and lacking depth at this level. Perhaps it should have been bottled sooner.
The Pio Cesare 2015 Barbaresco offers a mid-weight approach and a solid core of fruit. That dark fruit center is surrounded by supple but delicate tones of exotic spice, smoke, tar, licorice and crushed stone. This is a fragrant and elegant expression that drinks beautifully straight out of the gate. This is a classic Barbaresco with an easy and approachable personality. Production is 25,000 bottles strong.