In the glass
Aroma: marasca cherry, violet, black pepper, licorice
Palate: dry, warm, smooth
From the great Asili cru, a bright garnet Barbaresco with intense marasca cherry and violet, spicy black pepper and licorice, dry, warm and soft with a long, rich finish.
What it pairs with
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Brasato al Barolo
Braised beef matches the cru's structure. -
Roast guinea fowl
Delicate game suits the perfumed fruit. -
Aged Castelmagno
Salt sharpens the cherry and violet lift.
History
Ca' del Baio, run by the Grasso sisters in Treiso, makes a classic single-cru Barbaresco from the prized Asili vineyard.
- 1990 — Ca' del Baio refines its Asili Barbaresco
Facts
- Producer
- Ca' del Baio
- Grapes
- Nebbiolo (100%)
- Classification
- Barbaresco DOCG
- ABV
- 14.0%
- Price
- EUR 40 to 70 at retail
- Drinking window
- 8 to 25 from vintage
- First vintage
- 1990