Cascina Morassino, Barbaresco (Piedmont, Italy) 2009

Jul 12, 2012

By Michael Franz

 This generous wine is stuffed with deep flavors recalling both red and black fruits backed with a serious but balanced dose of spicy oak.  Meaty, savory notes augment the fruit beautifully and lend a sense of completeness to the wine, a sense that is enhanced by its exceptional symmetry and balance.  Still quite firm but hardly closed, this could be enjoyed in the near term but would best be cellared for three or four years.

Country / Region

Piedmont, Italy

Appellation

Barbaresco

Grape Variety

Color

Red

Vintage

2009

Score

93

Price

US $ 45.00

Producer

Cascina Morassino