Still a very young, (blackberry) fruit forward wine – plenty of camphor there, with leather and tobacco also showing up behind the fruit, and a definite (but not overstated) oak influence. Meaty, powerful, earthy. Firm tannins.
It continues to evolve slowly but surely as we work our way though it. I spot fugitive notes of tea, coffee, and pepper.
The vigneto (vineyard) Brich Ronchi is one of the Rocca’s two Nebbiolo vineyards, the other being the Vigneto Loreto.
2000 was a pretty good vintage for Barbaresco (and Piedmont in general – Wine Spectator magazine gave the vintage a score of 100 points). This long, complex wine has got ages ahead of it. Beautiful and very expressive bouquet, but still wants time to soften out.
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