Giuseppe Nada, Barbaresco (Piedmont, Italy) 2013

Enrico Nada and his phenomenally fit and hard-working father, Giuseppe, are making some of the very best wines in Barbaresco (which is to say, some of the best wines in the world).  Totally unassuming, you’d never hear this from them, but I know what I’m talking about, as I’ve tasted almost every wine they’ve grown and crafted over the past decade (the 2007 Riserva was and remains among the best Nebbiolo-based wines of that vintage, including all of the Barolo district).  The 2013 vintage of Barbaresco Casot has turned out beautifully, with gorgeous floral aromatics, supple fruit recalling red and black cherries, light undertones of leather and wild mushrooms and baking spices…and that’s just an abbreviated list of descriptors.  Very flavorful but still immaculately fresh, this is already marvelous but destined to improve for at least another three or four years.  Complete and utterly convincing, this is a pure delight.