BARBARESCO
2020 Vie Erte Cigliuti
| Grapes | Nebbiolo |
| Colour | Red |
| Origin | Italy, Piedmont |
| Village | Barbaresco |
| ABV | 15% |
In Neive, about 0.25 km from Serraboella but very different. Sandy soil, south-west exposure, vines 20 years old. Aged 26 months in 20- to 25-hl Slavonian oak. Lightish ruby. Open and scented with perfumed, sour red fruits and just a hint of overgrowth. Meaty and thickly but smoothly textured. Needs time for the tannins to become more elegant. Lots of freshness but seems to be developing relatively quickly, apart from those tannins. Drinking range: 2025 - 2032 Rating: 16.5+ Julia Harding MW, www.JancisRobinson.com (Jul 2024)
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The 2020 Barbaresco Bricco di Neive Vie Erte is classy, elegant and polished, with the harmony that is such a signature of the best wines in this vintage. Bright red-toned fruit, blood orange, mint, spice and white pepper lend brilliance. There's plenty of the linear focus that is typical here, but no hard edges or awkward contours. The Vie Erte is the more classic of the Cigliuti Barbarescos. In 2020, it's a real stunner. Drinking range: 2025 - 2040 Rating: 95 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (Oct 2023)
Cigliuti
Sisters Claudia and Silvia Cigliuti took over the running of this vineyard from their father Renato. He was the first member of the family to begin bottling his own wine, back in 1964, roughly the same time as other pioneers in the region like Giacosa, but the family can trace its roots on this land back to the late eighteenth century.
Most of the vineyard and the winery is on the Serraboella hill, looking over Neive from the east, and it is the Barbaresco Serraboella which is the flagship wine of the estate. This hill, composed of calcareous marl and tufa soils, gives classic wines which combine the textural finesse of clay and the length and longevity of wines from limestone. The vineyards are tended by the family, by hand, with low yields to ensure full ripeness every year.
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