2022 | La Ca'Nova Barbaresco | Piedmont | Italy Kabinett but also a staggering freshness

but also a staggering freshness on the light-bodied palate

earthy spice

quite grippy and a little drier than its peers

Also present is the umami complexity of tomato consommé

and there's a slow build to the finish

2022 | La Ca'Nova Barbaresco | Piedmont | Italy Kabinett but also a staggering freshnessThe single most under the radar winery in all of Piedmont, per Antonio Galloni traditional Barbaresco from a tiny Rocca family estate. La Ca'Nova is a 12 hectare family estate in Barbaresco, run by the Rocca brothers, who sold their grapes to Angelo Gaja before bottling their own from the 1970s. The winemaking is strictly traditional: native yeasts, long macerations, aging in large neutral Austrian oak. The fruit comes from two of the appellation's