Dried cherries, slate, raspberries, licorice and spice box on the nose. Tight and firm with a medium body and fine-grained tannins. Excellent freshness at the end. Try from 2024.

The 2013 Barbaresco Garassino is an easy and nicely delineated expression of Nebbiolo from the smallish Garassino cru in Treiso. This well-priced Barbaresco shows an elegant style with dark nuances of dried cherry and wild berry. Tar, spice and cured tobacco give the wine a more complete sense of volume and power. It ages in oak for 12 months and six months in bottle before it is released.