Albino Rocca Barbaresco Cottà 2022

Cottà is one of the great crus of Neive and was among the first sites in Barbaresco to be bottled as a single vineyard.

The Rocca family works two small parcels here totalling half a hectare. The first lies next to their Gepin site, planted to Barbera, and faces the Ronchi vineyard; the second sits in the highest section of the cru. Cottà's soils are sand-rich clay and marl, and the microclimate is warmer than much of the appellation, a combination that grows generous wines that nevertheless keep their fine-grained texture. That suits Rocca's elegant reading of Nebbiolo, which favours aromatics and tannin quality over weight. In 2022 this was the only single-vineyard Barbaresco in the range both vinified and aged in oak, a departure from the rest of the cru wines and one that shows in the wine's texture rather than in any obvious wood character.

Best from three to five years and good for a decade; decant and serve at 16-18°C with braised beef, roast duck or aged Toma.

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