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Bottle of Castello di Neive Barbaresco Santo Stefano 2008-Red Wine-Flatiron SF

Castello di Neive Barbaresco Santo Stefano 2008

Red Wine from Piedmont, Italy
by Castello di Neive
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The Castello is most known for its purchase, in the early 1960s, of a hillside known as Santo Stefano. Only 20% of it was planted to vines at the time, but the Castello recognized its great potential and planted the entire hillside. The Castello has since supplied Bruno Giacosa (a Neive native) with the grapes for his monumental Santo Stefano, the one wine that Giacosa makes from purchased fruit.

The Castello also makes its own version of Santo Stefano (a serious wine, indeed), but also uses it as a source for today’s Barbaresco: a blend of different Crus intended to highlight the terroir of Neive in general. Neive is a little sandier than the village of Barbaresco, making wines that are less tannic. This, of course, helps make the wine more approachable, and so it is precisely the kind of Barbaresco that the Piedmontese gulp so happily when released.

Professional Reviews

Antonio Galloni

AG 92
"The 2008 Barbaresco Albesani Santo Stefano shows good density in a mid-weight, translucent style laced with sweet red berries, flowers and mint. The 2008 shows plenty of inner sweetness and depth. It should drink beautifully once the tannins start melting away." -Antonio Galloni

Wine Enthusiast

WE 89
"In a departure from the fuller, riper style exhibited last vintage, this edition of Barbaresco Santo Stefano shows thorny, brambly elements of white cherry and forest floor. In the mouth, it shows tight astringency and not too much heft or supporting density."

Details

  • Grape Variety

    Nebbiolo

  • Vintage

    2008

  • Size

    750ml

  • Farming Practice

    Traditional

  • Style

    Earthy , Rich

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Full Bodied