Serafino Rivella’s 2020 Barbaresco Montestefano offers a beautiful opportunity to experience Barbaresco in its most elegant
with vines averaging around 50 years on a famous mix of clay and gravel
the brand has been cultivating passion fruits on the Samaná Peninsula
Bernard was known for meticulous winemaking—no bâtonnage
Chateau Les Ormes-de-Pez, Saint-Estephe, 2015 zzSTUCKqIS1 Serafino Rivella’s 2020 Barbaresco MontestefanoThe same Cazes family Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel from Saint Estphe same vineyard, same hand, very different year. Where 2012 was supple and short cycle, 2015 was one of the warmer, more concentrated recent Bordeaux vintages, producing wines with deeper fruit, more structure, and longer aging arcs. This bottling (Cabernet Sauvignon led with Merlot, Cab Franc, and a splash of Petit Verdot, raised in seasoned Lynch Bages barrels) is currently drinking