1990 Barbaresco Martinenga Camp Gros

The 1990 Camp Gros Martinenga is a profound wine, offering staggering perfume of ripe black-cherries, spring flowers, smoky oak, and a cigar box/fruitcake-like component. Dense, concentrated, and rich, the tell-tale opulence and jamminess of the vintage are well-represented. This wine possesses admirable underlying structure, ripe tannin, and a heady yet gorgeously soft and silky-textured finish. Although approachable, it promises to be one of di Gresy's longest-lived Barbarescos, lasting easily through the first decade of the next century. The 1990 di Gresy Barbarescos possess a deeper richness and higher alcohol than the 1989s. They appear to have been made from even riper, more concentrated fruit than the superb 1989s. The Marchesi di Gresy's La Martinenga vineyard is highly regarded by everyone in Barbaresco. This producer vinifies and bottles separately two parcels with La Martinenga called Camp Gros and Gaiun. This vineyard, which abuts both the esteemed Rabaja and Asili vineyards, is entirely owned by di Gresy. The style of wine that emerges is one of extraordinary finesse and elegance. In 1989 and 1990 di Gresy's wines are the finest I have tasted from this estate. In the past their emphasis on medium-weight, forward, lighter Barbarescos has tended to compromise this vineyard's full potential. The 1989s and 1990s, while offering the classic, elegant style favored by Marchesi di Gresy, possess more richness and concentration than preceding years. These are thrilling Barbarescos! Importer: Paterno Imports, Chicago, IL.