Type: Red

Vintage: 2021

Grape: Nebbiolo

Country: Italy

Appellation: Barbaresco

From a small parcel of forty year old vines planted in the Starderi cru that Olek is lucky enough to rent from an elderly couple who can no longer tend its steep slopes. This spent two months on skins before being pressed off to old botti for a couple of years. The soils here are a little softer and the site a little less exposed than elsewhere in the region and as a result this is already incredibly expressive with a beautiful acidity and even tannins, suggesting it has a long life ahead. Starderi is typically the earlier drinking of Olek's wines.

"Neive. Just mid ruby. Earthy and perfumed at the same time. Pure raspberry-fruit notes rising from the glass. Elegant, almost lithe red-fruit palate and fine sandy tannins that persist. Unostentatious, but with real staying power and finesse. (WS)"
17++/20 pts, Walter Speller, JancisRobinson.com