Agostino Pavia, Barbera d'Asti Superiore La Marescialla 2023 Fortified Sweet 93/100 James Suckling April 2025

93/100 James Suckling April 2025 ‘The 2022 Nero d'Avola Lagnusa is perfumed with a fresh mix of wild berries and spices accentuated by hints of blood orange

and very convenient in this half bottle format for lunches and picnics

The same fresh fruit character introduces the generous red fruit density of the palate

I loved it

meaty and inviting

Agostino Pavia, Barbera d'Asti Superiore La Marescialla 2023 Fortified Sweet 93/100 James Suckling April 2025Powerful and fleshy super premium Barbera with a dense, unctuous texture, intense raspberry jam, clove, and caramel flavours, and a lingering finish that seems to go on forever. This is a 'big' wine that calls for hearty, savoury foodroast beef or lamb to show at its best, and it will certainly repay decanting for two or three hours before drinking.