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The 2016 Barbaresco Cottà brings together the natural breadth of this site with the more refined style that has been in place here for some years, in an absolutely stunning, translucent wine that hits all the right notes. Sweet black cherry, lavender, spice and menthol all run through this richly, textured, deeply satisfying Barbaresco. The 2016 has so much energy and also so much depth. I absolutely loved it. 2022 - 2041
- By Antonio Galloni on August 2019
Sottimano's 2017s are a mixed bag. It's hard to see how they could have turned out differently in a year which saw devastating hail, then frost and unrelenting hot/dry weather all the way through harvest. Basarin, Fausoni and Currà were almost entirely wiped out. As a result, those wines weren't bottled at all. Because of the extremely hot June, Sottimano decided to leave a bit more crop on the vine in order to avoid having overly concentrated wines. The 2017s spent 25 days on the skins and 18 months in oak with no racking. The 2016s are every bit as thrilling as they were last year, when I tasted them just after bottling. Benign conditions yielded a clean crop of exceptional quality. The 2016s saw a total of 40 days on the skins, followed by 18 months in barrel, with no racking.
