Once in a while I get a chance to taste a wine that shows me something I’ve not experienced before in the most positive way imaginable. The Asili is such a wine — at its young age, it shows absolutely explosive aromas of cherry, fresh cut orange, powder, candied raspberry and mixed spice, all just as clear as a cathedral bell. The palate is just starting to show the promise of the nose, with a firm grip and dry earth minerality up front now, but the promise is solid as a rock. Riveting wine!
Bruno Giacosa, Barbaresco DOCG (Piedmont, Italy) 2012
By Rich Cook