This wine opens a wide window onto the heat and sunshine of the vintage. From a very hot year, the Elvio Cogno 2017 Barbaresco Bordini offers big intensity and dark fruit flavors of blackberry preserves and dried plum. The wine draws its fruit from Neive and presents it with thick, generously applied brush strokes. It's fair to say that this vintage offers more of the proverbial black fruit energy than the red fruit energy that Nebbiolo is usually known for. I'd suggest a shorter drinking window for this open-knit and generous 4,000-bottle release.

Camphor, cherry, plum and tar notes highlight this brawny Barbaresco. There is a core of ripe fruit, and the lively acidity keeps this focused on the long aftertaste. Tips to the tannins in the balance. Best from 2023 through 2040. 360 cases made.??–BS??Region: Italy / Piedmont / Barbaresco Select to Add