2017 Barbaresco Bordini
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The 2017 Barbaresco Bordini is a potent wine. A blast of black cherry, mocha, spice, sage, earthiness, licorice and smoke gives the Bordini a real sense of gravitas. Neive Barbarescos are known for their breadth. There is certainly plenty of size here. The 2017 is not exactly understated or elegant, but instead packs a serious punch that, not surprisingly, leans into the realm of Barolo.
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Antonio Galloni, Vinous
Monica Larner, Wine Advocate
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This wine opens a wide window onto the heat and sunshine of the vintage. From a very hot year, the Elvio Cogno 2017 Barbaresco Bordini offers big intensity and dark fruit flavors of blackberry preserves and dried plum. The wine draws its fruit from Neive and presents it with thick, generously applied brush strokes. It's fair to say that this vintage offers more of the proverbial black fruit energy than the red fruit energy that Nebbiolo is usually known for. I'd suggest a shorter drinking window for this open-knit and generous 4,000-bottle release.