Albino Rocca Barbaresco Cottá

Icons of piemonte; Barolo, Barbaresco & Friends (The Collective, The Rocks) : Meaty, concentrated, yeast extract, touch of Bovril, a little savoury fruit behind this in the red hued space, smidge of pot pourri. Medium plus intensity acidity , silky grip persists super long, fruit is sitting beneath this tannic veneer. Long, slight alcohol warmth on the finish. Hmm.

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of an hour. The 2020 “Cottà” pours a light garnet color with a transparent core; medium+ viscosity and no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with pretty notes of raspberry and strawberry, rhubarb, roses, dried herbs, cool spices and dry rocky earth. On the palate, the wine is bone dry with medium+ tannin and medium+ acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long and delightful. …

Albino Rocca New Releases : Spice and incense on the nose along with some orange peel, plum and cherry. Tannins are fine and control the palate, the fruit flavour is still allowed to express itself with a sweet red core. Will be bottled as Riserva from 2021.

La Cena di Albino Rocca (Rosso and Rosso, Newtown) : Meaty, savoury initially, alcohol prickle rears its ugly head again on the nose, masking all other aromas and numbing the nasal cavities…the onslaught is at an end with the last wine of the tasting, a little baked and slight maraschino cherry, that alcohol lends spice, medium plus intensity acidity, plenty of alcohol again. Woody grippy tannins, dry out the palate, sucking at he tongue, acidity lends a little sharpness. Fruit …

La Cena di Albino Rocca (Rosso and Rosso, Newtown) : Alcohol prick, ripe cherry, a little blood/iron, smidge of rhubarb. Medium plus intensity acidity, slightly woody notes the grippy grape driven, ripe, chewy here as well, a touch of texture on the finish meat

Spicy ripe cherry, smokey nose high acidity, fine high tannins, long cherry finish