Barbaresco, Asili, Vecchie Viti, 2014
1170 bottles produced. Situated above Giacosa and between Ca del Baio and the Produttori, this is a south-west facing patch of Asili. The soils sandy and white, giving wines of immediate charm and seduction. Glorious small wild strawberry fruit on the palate that are at once sweet and bright. A wonderful mixture of charm and energy. Caressing, vivid alpine berry fruit with silken texture. Seductive and energising. Vinified for 60 days on the skins before ageing for 5 years in large used wooden tanks.
critic reviews
The jump up in aromatic intensity is incredible once you start tasting from Roagna's line of Vecchie Vite, or old-vine wines. The 2014 Barbaresco Asili Vecchie Viti is a soft and enormously supple expression that shows beautifully integrated tannins, fruit and acidity. There is a note of sweet summer cherry that you notice first, duly followed by wild rose, candied orange peel and crushed stone. Fruit is drawn from a quarter-hectare site that has been farmed by the Roagna family since 1961, and the vines are more than 80 years old. The fruit is slightly more concentrated here, as is expected of old vines, and so is the acidity. Beautiful menthol notes add to that balanced freshness. The production numbers are very precious with only 1,200 bottles made.
The 2014 Barbaresco Asili Vecchie Viti is endowed with striking inner sweetness and the pure raciness that is the single most important Asili signature. Kirsch, hard candy, mint, blood orange, pomegranate and mint. Medium in body and yet wonderfully resonant, the 2014 captures all the best the vintage has to offer. It is a ridiculously beautiful wine. In a word: stunning!