2021 Fratelli Cigliuti Barbaresco Serraboella

Grown in calcareous chalky soils with 65-year-old vines, the 2021 Barbaresco Serraboella went through 20 days of fermentation and was aged in 80% Slavonian cask and the rest 500-liter French tonneau. A jeweled ruby/red color, it’s a more serious and contemplative wine that opens in the glass with notes of cedar and leather before revealing more pure notes of raspberry liqueur, pressed flowers, and sweet herbs. The structure is noble and ripe, with a good, compact feel, more depth and broader tannins, as well as a mineral feel with a pleasing saltiness and even acidity. A lovely wine, it needs time but is going to drink well over the coming 20 or more years.