Castello Di Neive Barbaresco 2021 750ml

Castello Di Neive Barbaresco 2020 750ml - Flask Fine Wine & Whisky

Professional Ratings

93

Wine Spectator

“A well-delineated red, bursting with energy, along with aromas and flavors of cherry, strawberry, rose, tar, licorice and sweet spices. Dense and vibrant, with a long aftertaste echoing the spice notes. Best from 2026 through 2042. 5,000 cases made, 2,000 cases imported.”

-BS. February 12, 2024

Highlights

Sourced from the estate's Santo Stefano hillside—fully planted since the 1960s and used both for the estate Barbaresco blend of Neive crus and historically as fruit supplied to Bruno Giacosa—this wine reflects Neive's sandier soils and relatively lower tannins. On the nose and palate it offers ripe raspberries, crushed flowers and rosebuds with thyme, tar, licorice and sweet spices; a bowl of cherries and sweet red berry fruit is supported by fine, elegant tannins, a mineral edge and vibrant acidity with a long spice-tinged finish.

Castello Di Neive Barbaresco 2021 750ml

The Castello is most known for its purchase, in the early 1960s, of a hillside known as Santo Stefano. Only 20% of it was planted to vines at the time, but the Castello recognized its great potential and planted the entire hillside. The Castello has since supplied Bruno Giacosa (a Neive native) with the grapes for his monumental Santo Stefano, the one wine that Giacosa makes from purchased fruit.

The Castello also makes its own version of Santo Stefano (a serious wine, indeed), but also uses it as a source for today’s Barbaresco: a blend of different Crus intended to highlight the terroir of Neive in general. Neive is a little sandier than the village of Barbaresco, making wines that are less tannic. This, of course, helps make the wine more approachable, and so it is precisely the kind of Barbaresco that the Piedmontese gulp so happily when released.

Critical Acclaim

94 Wine Enthusiast

As the wine opens, it reveals a garden full of ripe raspberries, rosebuds, thyme and dried leaves. The elegance of this wine cannot be overstated. A finesse that showcases the beauty of this vintage. A bowl of cherries sits on the palate as fine and elegant tannins prop up the fruits and allow a mineral edge to glide in as vibrant acidity keeps everything bright and fresh. Drink now–2040.

93 Wine Spectator

A well-delineated red, bursting with energy, along with aromas and flavors of cherry, strawberry, rose, tar, licorice and sweet spices. Dense and vibrant, with a long aftertaste echoing the spice notes. Best from 2026 through 2042..

91 Vinous

The 2021 Barbaresco is a gorgeous entry-level offering from Castello di Neive. Floral, lifted and gracious, the 2021 is a real charmer. Crushed flowers, sweet red berry fruit, mint, spice, licorice and orange peel all grace this understated, classy Barbaresco.

Castello Di Neive Barbaresco 2021 750ml

93 Wine Spectator
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