Giovanni Corino, Barbera d'Alba Vigna Pozzo Vintage:2001 Supple and appealingly sweet

Supple and appealingly sweet

Owners of vast vineyards (totaling some 500 acres) that supply the majority of their fruit

The citrus-colored sample of the 2020 Vouvray Le Haut-Lieu Moelleux Première Trie still shows a very fine CO2 perlage in the glass that opens with clear and concentrated but also lush fruit and floral and chalky aromas

but its benchmark quality is already glaringly apparent

And that last trait is not one I usually associate with youthful Breuer crus

Giovanni Corino, Barbera d'Alba Vigna Pozzo Vintage:2001 Supple and appealingly sweetIntense, with loads of black fruit and oaky character. Full bodied, with fine, compact tannins and a long finish. Refined and delicious. I always love this Barbera. Best after 2005. 500 cases made. JS