2020 is still a question mark

Introvert and rather loose

There is better intensity to the more obviously mineral-driven medium weight flavors that flash touches of austerity and lemon rind on the sneaky long finish

Sweet dark cherries

the 2015 vintage presented several challenges

Roagna, Barbaresco Asili other_regions_australia 2020 is still a questionThe 2004 Barbaresco Asili needs a good twelve hours to open up and find its freshness. Sweet red berries, cinnamon and rose petal are pushed forward. Even with all of the oxygenation, the Asili retains sinewy, pulsating tannins that still need time in bottle to soften. This is a decidedly virile, masculine Asili with bright, salivating acidity and piercing tannins that need time to soften. Like all of the Roagna wines of this era, the 2004 Asili is