Barbaresco Asili Ceretto 2018

Ceretto

The Ceretto family owns about 1.3 hectares of the famed Asili cru (out of the total of 14.25 hectares), bought from the local church in 1973. They named their property and its wine Bricco Asili to underscore the fact that their vines are located at the top of the Asili hill (the bricco, or summit, was always deemed to be the best place for growing Nebbiolo). Actually, for precision’s sake, the vines are located at the top of one section of the Asili hill at roughly 270 to 290 meters above sea level (the Asili cru as a whole ranges from 200 to 290 meters in altitude).

Vinification: Spontaneous cap-fermentation in stainless steel tanks, followd by 15-20 days of maceration. Malolactic fermentation is completed in wood barrels immediately following the harvest, after which the wine is aged for around 24 months. Following a period in bottle.

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Producer
Ceretto
Region
Piedmont, Italy
Variety
Nebbiolo
Alcohol-abv
14%
Reviews

Wine Advocate 94 Points, Antonio Galloni 94 Points

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Ratings

94 Points Wine Advocate

"The 2018 Barbaresco Asili is a concentrated and powerful expression. The wine shows an immediately open personality in which it flaunts its dark cherry and dried blackberry aromas. As it takes on more air in the glass, detailed nuances of earth, spice and camphor ash come into focus. The wine carries its strong fruit weight elegantly over the palate."

94 Points Antonio Galloni

"The 2018 Barbaresco Asili presents terrific energy and verve. Crushed red berry fruit, rose petal, mint, blood orange, dried flowers and incense are beautifully delineated throughout. In 2018, the Asili is wonderfully translucent and classy. I can't wait to see how it ages."

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Piedmont

Piedmont

Piemonte, in the north-western corner of the Italian peninsula, sits at the foot of the Western Alps, which encircle the region to the north and west. Its seasons are very distinctive: hot, dry summers, cold winters, and temperate springs and autumns are common with occasional fog during harvest time. Located in north-west Italy, surrounded by the Alps, Piedmont means literally “foot of the Mountain” in Italian. .

The richness and elegance of Piedmontese wines go perfectly with the rich and creamy cuisine typical of Piedmont, with meat and risotto at the heart of every menu, not to mention the most notable ingredient, the white truffle (tartufi bianchi). Piedmont has the highest percentage of quality wines in the whole of Italy. It is home to some of the most robust, long-lived wines of the world, many of which are specific to Piedmont and have not excelled anywhere else in the world. The wines of Barolo and Barbaresco are two of Italy’s best. Like fine Bordeaux and Burgundy, these Nebbiolo wines age very well.

DOCs and DOCGs

DOC: Barbera d’Alba; Colli Tortonesi; Dolcetto d’Alba; Grignolino del Monferrato; Langhe; Loazzolo; Monferrato; Nebbiolo d’Alba; Rubino di Cantavenna; Piemonte

DOCG: Barbaresco; Barbera d’Asti; Barbera Nizza Superiore; Barbera del Monferrato Superiore; Barolo; Dolcetto d’Ovada; Erbaluce di Caluso; Gavi; Gattinara; Moscato d’Asti; Roero

The region’s pedigree is apparent in its 58 DOC and DOCG zones, and it has the highest percentage of classified wines in all of Italy.

Grape Varieties

Nebbiolo is the grape used in Piedmont's most important DOCGs: Barolo, Barbaresco and Gattinara. Barbera, a dark-skinned variety, is responsible for a growing number of superlative wines, labelled as Barbera del Monferrato, Barbera d’Asti or Barbera d'Alba.

Another important red grape is Dolcetto, with several DOCs to its name (d'Alba, d'Acqui and di Ovada are the top three). Although its name means 'little sweet one', Dolcetto gives red wines with an appetizing, gently bitter finish. Although Piedmont is known as a red-wine region, there are whites that have to be mentioned: Moscato d’Asti and sparkling Asti Spumante, both made from Moscato grapes; Gavi is the most renown still white, made from the Cortese grape, a local variety which gives a clean and citrussy white. Crisp, floral Arneis is the grape used for whites in Roero appellation..

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