Claudio Icardi’s 2006 Barbaresco Montubert is an attractive, fruit-driven Barbaresco bursting with generous dark cherries, plums, spices and flowers. The wine possesses excellent length and soft, polished tannins that make it accessible with a minimum of cellaring. Anticipated maturity: 2010-2016. Importer: Vinifera Imports, Ronkonkoma, NY; tel. (631) 467-5907

Fresh and clean, with blackberry and floral aromas that follow through to a medium body, with fine tannins and a bright finish. A little lean, but well-made. Best after 2010. 1,500 cases made, 780 cases imported.??–JS??Region: Italy / Piedmont / Barbaresco Select to Add