2006 Barbaresco Valeirano
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The 2006 Barbaresco Valeirano Vursu is a medium red color with a darker core that remains bright. The nose has remarkable purity, with notes of red cherry liqueur, and – I mean this in the most positive way –there is an umami note that is reminiscent of dashi. The nose is just stunning and breathtaking, and it keeps evolving in the glass. In fact, this is a stunning wine all the way through, filling the palate with ripe tannins, a hint of sanguine richness on the palate, refined, ripe tannins, a good balance of depth, and ripe acidity. An exceptional wine that’s showing amazingly well, it should continue to have life for the next decade or more.
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The Wine Advocate
Stephen Tanzer, Vinous
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Good medium red. Wild aromas of truffle, smoke, underbrush, spices and cigar box. Then fat and lush in the mouth, showing the exotic side of the vintage. This silky Barbaresco has the sex appeal to be enjoyed early. Finishes with ripe, building tannins. Conveys a rather high-pH feel, and indeed Rivetti notes that pHs are generally higher in his 2006 Barbarescos than in the 2007s.
The 2006 Barbaresco Vigneto Valeirano is another exuberant wine. Here, too, the aromatics literally jump out of the glass, as layers of perfumed super-ripe fruit are intermingled with a persistent vein of minerality. The powerful, focused Valeirano offers outstanding balance, but needs a few years in bottle for the tannins to melt away. Anticipated maturity: 2011-2021. Importers: Indigenous Selections, Fort Lauderdale FL; tel. (954) 530-4021, Skurnik Wines, Syosset, NY (516) 677-9300
The 2006 Barbaresco Vigneto Valeirano is another exuberant wine. Here, too, the aromatics literally jump out of the glass, as layers of perfumed super-ripe fruit are intermingled with a persistent vein of minerality. The powerful, focused Valeirano offers outstanding balance, but needs a few years in bottle for the tannins to melt away. Anticipated maturity: 2011-2021. (AG)