Pio Cesare
Pio Cesare Barbaresco Pio 2020
| Denomination | Barbaresco DOCG |
|---|---|
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.5% by volume |
| Area | Piedmont (Italy) |
| Grape varieties | 100% Nebbiolo |
| Aging | 35% of the wine is aged in French oak barriques (one third new) for 30 months. The remaining 65% spends 3 years in French oak casks, 20 to 50 hectoliters each. |
Description
The Pio Cesare 2017 Barbaresco is subtle and fine in personality, yet there is plenty of Nebbiolo elegance and complexity. Past vintages of this wine have shown enormous consistency when it come to their inner finesse, and this hot, more challenging vintage is no different. That's quite an accomplishment on its own. Tart cherry and cassis segue to spice, campfire ash, tobacco and dried lavender flower. Perhaps the tannic power of the wine is more robust but not by too much. (Monica Larner)
Awards
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2020
96/100
James Suckling is an influential American wine critic and journalist who worked at Wine Spectator for 30 years. He left the magazine in 2010 to start his own website and guidebook (JamesSuckling.com). He specialises in Italian and Bordeaux wines.
Perfume
Color
Taste
Serve at:
18 - 20 °C.
Longevity:
10 - 15 years
Decanting time:
1 hour
- Start up year: 1881
- Oenologist: Paolo Fenocchio
- Bottles produced: 400.000
- Hectares: 75
We own over 50 hectares of vineyards in positions of particular value, both in the Barolo region (in the vineyards of Serralunga d'Alba Cascina "Ornate" and the "Colombaro" Grinzane Cavour in the vineyards of Cascina Gusto , the vineyard in La Morra "Roncaglia" and the vineyard Barolo, Novello "Ravera"), both in the area of Barbaresco (Treiso to the vineyards of Cascina "Il Bricco" and the "San Stefanetto"), as well as to Sinio, Diano d'Alba and Trezzo Tinella. We also, in small part, of grapes grown by "incumbent" for generations that we cultivate their vineyards, which are also located in areas highly suited, according to our guidelines and our strict quality controls.
All our wines are vinified by us according to the most 'thorough traditional techniques dellla our house and after an appropriate aging in barrels and French oak barrels and stainless steel, are left to rest in the dark bottle and the coolness of our cellars.
The quantity 'produced are always kept strictly limited, to maintain quality' of our wines always more 'high level. The meticulous dedication to quality 'has enabled us, in more' than 100 years of history, to reach a position of notoriety prominent 'among the companies producing wines of Alba: our wines are better known and appreciated by customers in Italy and beyond 40 countries worldwide.
Our Barbera d'Alba 2019 has been included with number 38 in the very prestigious Top 100 Wines of 2021 List by the American magazine Wine Spectator, which awarded it 92 points. Read more
| Name | Pio Cesare Barbaresco Pio 2020 |
|---|---|
| Type | Red still |
| Denomination | Barbaresco DOCG |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Size | 0,75 l |
| Alcohol content | 14.5% by volume |
| Grape varieties | 100% Nebbiolo |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Piedmont |
| Vendor | Pio Cesare |
| Origin | Sourced exclusively from Pio Cesare Family owned vineyards: the famous "Il Bricco" Estate and the great hill of San Stefanetto, both located in the village of Treiso |
| Wine making | Fermented in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks. Skin contact for 20 days. |
| Aging | 35% of the wine is aged in French oak barriques (one third new) for 30 months. The remaining 65% spends 3 years in French oak casks, 20 to 50 hectoliters each. |
| Allergens | Contains sulphites |
