2015 Barbaresco Martinenga
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This impressive wine opens to warm notes of dried cherry with camphor ash, licorice stick and balsam herb. The 2015 Barbaresco Martinenga is an articulate and complex wine that unveils new aromas with each swirl of the glass. It shows firmness and tightness at the core, a good indication of the wine's aging potential. However, what stands out most at this point in the wine's life is the ethereal and graceful nature of the bouquet. The wine is already open and generous and yet promises much more to come.
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Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Monica Larner, Wine Advocate
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The 2015 Barbaresco Martinenga is terrific. The warm year yielded a wine with a bit more richness than normal, and yet that depth has been achieved without distorting the wine's essentially mid-weight personality. The sweet red cherry, kirsch and red plum flavors are beautifully resonant on the palate. The balance of fruit, tannin and acid is terrific. As appealing as the 2015 is, I would prefer to cellar it for at least a few years.