Barbaresco Rombone Fiorenzo Nada 2021 (750ML)

Fifty-nine-year-old Lampia-clone Nebbiolo vines in the Rombone cru of Treiso supply this Barbaresco, rooted in calcareous clay on a southwest-facing slope at 260 meters. Carlo Nada founded the estate in 1921; his son Fiorenzo began bottling under the family name in 1982, and Bruno and Danilo Nada run it today. 2021 brought an unhurried season and a harvest in mid-to-late October. Fermentation is with native yeasts, with 20 days on the skins in upright steel tanks, malolactic in wood and 24 months in oak casks, then 6 months in bottle. Dark-fleshed fruit sits behind a screen of violets, mint, dusty spice and savory notes, and a salty tang carries the finish. It is reserved and firmly built, and critics give it until 2036. Pour it with roast veal, porcini risotto or braised rabbit.