Taste: True to form, the 2001 Barbaresco is lush and voluptuous, with a smooth, rich texture and a lovely, clear, bright garnet-red color. The wine is powerful and firmly tannic, yet silky, loaded with dried cherry, raspberry, plum, kirsch, vanilla and chocolate flavors that persist on the long rich, elegant finish.
Production: 175 cases made.
Made from their small, private single vineyard, ‘Fausone’. The Prinsi winery grows perfect Nebbiolo grapes in the beautiful region of Barbaresco. From the meticulous handling of the growing and harvesting to the precise fermentation and aging by the Lequio family insures the finest quality wines year after year. The ‘Fausone’ vineyard is a small southeastern facing vineyard of 3.5 hecatres. Using modern methods of fermentation, under tight temperature control, the final fermentation and aging process takes place in traditional French oak Botti casks, guaranteeing the quality of this stunning Barbaresco.
Due Bicchieri (2 glass) Award Gambero Rosso 90 POINTS Wine Spectator: “…Silky and refined with light plum and dried flower character…”
