Marchesi di Barolo, Barbaresco DOCG (Piedmont, Italy) 2014

 Barbaresco is Piedmont’s other great Nebbiolo and can at times be superior to Barolo, especially in price, as evidenced by Marchesi di Barolo’s Barbaresco.  It is an opulent, intensely perfumed, high-toned Nebbiolo right from the classic Barbaresco textbook.  It smells of roses, dark cherries, raspberries, black tea, tar, and leather.  On the palate, the fruit is concentrated with well-integrated tannins delivering a rounded feel with a fresh and lingering finish.  This wine still has several years of enjoyment ahead.