Francesco Versio, Barbaresco Vintage:2016 The 2011s jump out of

The 2011s jump out of the glass

but it also has the pedigree and beautiful inner structure for long cellar aging

There is both good energy and delineation to the medium weight flavors that display ample minerality on the firm

a brilliant wine that derives from a mere four of the 45 plots that are candidates for inclusion in Cristal

sleek and muscular flavors that possess a lovely sense of underlying tension on the pungently saline finish

Francesco Versio, Barbaresco Vintage:2016 The 2011s jump out ofNeive. Tasted blind. Deep, lustrous ruby. Deep, aromatic cherry fruit nose and plenty of fragrant sweet cherry on the palate. Very embryonic and long and with lots of chewy tannins and succulent acidity. Concentrated and yet elegantly built. (WS)