Why do we love it?
Bricco Roche Barbera Nizza Riserva DOCG 2015 Tenuta il Falchetto belongs amongst the best 20 wines in the world for 2017, based on Decanter (they gave it 97 points, and this is no joke!). Just think that it is a wine for long aging and now, three years later, we got a few bottles of that amazing vintage in our hands. Things are very serious and the bottles are very few!
Tenuta il Falchetto winery began its illustrious career in 1940 in the Cuneo area, by the famous Forno family. The truth is that the fame of their wines has far exceeded the borders of Italy. Every year the winery’s wines appear in lists of the best Italian wines or even best in the world, as happened with the Bricco Roche Barbera Nizza Riserva DOCG 2015 Tenuta il Falchetto.
Nizza is one of the most important and up-and-coming villages for excellent quality Barbera wines. Think that we are talking about a very small village, with very small production, that has managed to have its own DOCG, while at the same time it has very strict regulations and requirements for its wines (much stricter than Asti and Alba). This results in the creation of wines with fantastic concentration, structure and with excellent aging potential. One such wine is Nizza DOCG Riserva Bricco Roche 2015 Tenuta Il Falchetto and as everything shows, 2015 is probably its best vintage so far! The 14-month aging in French oak barriques cannot overshadow, not even in the slightest, the magical concentration of this wine, on the contrary, it "dresses" it and prepares it for a marathon in time.
You may have thought that Barbera is the poor relative of King Nebbiolo but with a sip of this wine, you will forget everything you knew until today! Well, every King needs his Queen Barbera don’t you think?
Tastes Like
It has a deep ruby color and an intoxicating nose. Aromas of black cherry, sour cherry, cassis, and plum are combined with notes of vanilla, violet, cedar, toffee, coffee, and pepper. In the mouth, it has a rich body, which is almost chewy, sharp acidity, and high but ripe tannins. Juicy ripe black fruits, sweet spices, dried herbs, tea leaves, coffee, and cocoa fill-up the mouth in every sip.
