2010 Sottimano Barbaresco Curra Vigna Masue
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The 2010 Barbaresco Currá shows a lighter style with less heft and weight to its consistency. This wine will require more time in the cellar to show its full potential. Dark fruit, spice and mineral tones emerge from the bouquet, but you also get cola and balsam herb. The tannins are firm, precise and delineated.
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(from 40-to-50-year-old vines on limestone soil in Neive; vinified with 15% whole clusters): Medium red. A basket of musky red fruits on the nose, along with a whiff of leather. Pungent saline limestone minerality adds punch to the wine's concentrated red fruit flavors. Juicy acidity and an impression of medicinal reserve keep the middle palate under wraps today. The slowly building whiplash of a finish features a major dusting of tannins and a smoky nuance. A great showing, but forget about this one for at least five or six years.
Firm tannins provide the backbone for the 2010 Barbaresco Currà. A wonderfully layered, rich wine, the 2010 impresses for its resonance, beauty and class. Nothing in particular stands out, the 2010 is a wine of total harmony and symmetry. The Currà is quite floral, high-toned and spiced, not unlike the Fausoni, but with a little more mid-palate pliancy. At the same time, the tannins remain a bit firm, so a measure of patience is required.
The estate's 2010 Barbaresco Currà stands out for the finesse and silkiness of its tannin. Here, the difference between the 2009 and 2010 is amply illustrative of the differences between the two years. In top years the signature of Currà is refinement, and there is plenty of that here. Even though the 2010s are younger, the overall impression is of far greater integration of the tannins.