Cantina del Pino Barbaresco Ovello 2017

Cellar up to 20-25 years. It is recommended to decant it an hour before serving.

The Cantina del Pino is located in Barbaresco on the top of the hill overlooking the Ovello vineyard and has belonged to the Vacca family for about a century. The family members have been involved in viticulture for several generations. In 1997 Renato Vacca decided together with his father Adriano to leave the Barbaresco Producers cooperative and start making wine on his own. The symbol of the estate is the maritime pine that dominates the Ovello hill, planted at the end of the 19th century by Domizio Cavazza, the previous owner of the estate. The family's vineyards are concentrated around the Ovello hill, a site known for its cool microclimate and the uniqueness of its soils, a mix of limestone, sand, and calcium, that creates the ideal conditions for long-lived Barbaresco wines.

The rich bouquet of this powerful wine, composed of notes of ripe red fruits and sweet spices, shows a unique elegance. On the palate, there is a multitude of perfectly integrated flavors of fruit, wood and spices that unfold, and the wine is soft, dense texture and a firm character. This is a bucket list wine from a select plot with limited availability.

Enjoy it now paired with truffle risotto, stewed game, or aged cheeses, or forget it in the cellar for the next 20 years!