Roagna, Barbaresco Asili other_regions The overt barrel influence depresses

The overt barrel influence depresses my score a little

An important cru

this is a highly concentrated

Utterly elegant

Here there is no reductive funk as the agreeably fresh nose offers up ripe notes of earthy and spicy purple fruit

Roagna, Barbaresco Asili other_regions The overt barrel influence depressesThe 2004 Barbaresco Asili needs a good twelve hours to open up and find its freshness. Sweet red berries, cinnamon and rose petal are pushed forward. Even with all of the oxygenation, the Asili retains sinewy, pulsating tannins that still need time in bottle to soften. This is a decidedly virile, masculine Asili with bright, salivating acidity and piercing tannins that need time to soften. Like all of the Roagna wines of this era, the 2004 Asili is