Ceretto Barbaresco Bricco Asili 2005 3000ml

Wine Advocate #179 Oct 2008
The 2005 Barberasco Bricco Asili possesses an enveloping, soft-textured core of red fruit, menthol, flowers and sweet French oak. The wine offers good persistence on the palate, but the layered, multi-dimensional personality of past vintages is missing. This comes across as a rather simple version of this wine. Early suggestions of tertiary aromas suggest this Asili is best drunk relatively early.

Ceretto Winery is located in Piedmont with more than 400 acres of estate-owned vineyards, located primarily in the Langhe and Roero region, including the DOCG areas of Barolo and Barberesco.
Bruno and Marcello, the two brothers' objective was to select vineyards in the most historically important areas for the production of great wines. This idea, spawned by a visit to Burgundy, would prove the wisdom of the Ceretto family, placing their bottles among the greats of enology and elevating Barolo and Barbaresco among the most appreciated and prestigious wines in the world. The idea was revolutionary at the time for a territory in which the concept of "cru" was completely unknown, but most of all, it was a genial intuition.
The most difficult challenge the brothers faced was the encounter with their father who, as was typical at the time, purchased grapes for the wines he vinified. "You are undertaking a difficult course, the land has never made anybody rich," he warned, but Bruno and Marcello did not doubt the potential of the land and stubbornly replied, "We believe in the land 100%. Of course, the cellar counts some as well, but great wines are made from great grapes."
And so, they began dreaming of labels bearing the name of the vineyard and also its image: "so whoever drinks that wine can see the vineyard from which it has originated. The vineyard is history, the names of the hills remain, unchanged over time, enhancing the quality and credibility of the wines produced here."

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