2018 Barbaresco Martinenga Camp Gros
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Barbaresco. Bottle number 2,754 of 7,700. Just mid ruby. Fascinating ethereal, stony, minerally red-fruit nose. Compact yet with plenty red fruit on the palate. There is concentration and elegance all at the same time. Very long and with persisting yet fine tannins. Like a purebred. (WS)
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Walter Speller, jancisrobinson.com
Jeb Dunnuck
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Granite, petrichor, dried cherries and lots of dried herbs too. Savoury crunchiness on the finish. Great vein of acidity beating through the heart of it. Frame it, hang it on a wall, put it in a gallery. Classic. (RH)
The 2018 Barbaresco Riserva Camp Gros Martinenga displays a slightly deeper ruby hue and opens to notes of ripe cherries and a more pronounced spice profile of licorice, rosemary, and peppercorn. It has good tension and concentration, with a very nice harmonious structure, good energy, notes of tea leaf, ripe tannins, and a lovely savory finish with a hint of apricot. This is a very nice offering to drink over the next 8- 10 years.
The 2018 Barbaresco Riserva Martinenga Camp Gros is a very pretty wine, and also a Camp Gros that will drink well upon release. It shows good freshness, but also the smaller scaled style of the year. Dark red fruit, rose petal, mint, blood orange, cedar and spice. This is a very pretty wine, but it does not have the body or dark balsamic profile that are the signatures of Camp Gros in its strongest years.