Pelissero Barbaresco "Tulin" 2016 DOCG [WS 94]

Wine Spectator 94 points. "Plump, with cherry and strawberry fruit, licorice, eucalyptus and spice flavors. Fluid and fresh, this builds to a lingering finish, where dusty tannins reign. Very elegant." Ian D'Agata 94 points. The Pelissero 2016 Barbaresco Tulin is a vibrant dark red colour. On the nose, it offers a panoply of ripe red fruit, sweet spice, licorice, and tar aromas, with a candied floral topnote emerging at the end. In the mouth, it is surprisingly ample, succulent and fleshy with red cherry syrup and raspberry coulis flavours, sexed up by cinnamon, mint chocolate and minerals; it’s so ripe, round and downright plump in fact, that I found it to have a lot more in common with the style of Barbarescos from the 2015 vintage as opposed to that of 2016. Undoubtedly, this is a serious Barbaresco of real depth and above average complexity. The finish is mouth-filling and long, though the youthfully chewy tannins need some time to resolve. This was aged for eighteen to twenty months in oak (50 percent in large oak casks and 50 percent in barriques), then another six-seven months in bottle prior to going on sale.