Roagna, Barbaresco Asili other_regions long and powerful finish

long and powerful finish

An important cru

April 2015

The 2004 Blanc des Millenaires offers a striking combination of freshness and the complexity that develops in bottle

The overt barrel influence depresses my score a little

Roagna, Barbaresco Asili other_regions long and powerful finishThe 2004 Barbaresco Asili needs a good twelve hours to open up and find its freshness. Sweet red berries, cinnamon and rose petal are pushed forward. Even with all of the oxygenation, the Asili retains sinewy, pulsating tannins that still need time in bottle to soften. This is a decidedly virile, masculine Asili with bright, salivating acidity and piercing tannins that need time to soften. Like all of the Roagna wines of this era, the 2004 Asili is