Marchesi Di Gresy Barbaresco Martinenga 2018 (75cl, 14%)

Marchesi Di Gresy Barbaresco Martinenga 2018 is a 100% Nebbiolo red wine from Barbaresco in Piedmont, Italy. The Martinenga cru is the only Barbaresco MGA bottled entirely by a single producer, held by the di Grésy family since 1797. Vinification uses floating-cap maceration for 8–10 days, then 20–30 days of submerged-cap maceration, with natural malolactic fermentation. The wine ages for 12 months in new, first-passage and second-passage French oak barriques, then 12 months in large Slavonian oak casks. The nose opens with fresh cherry and dewy rose petal, then camphor, mint, woodland berries, French oak spice, crushed flowers and orange peel. The palate is delicate and midweight, with strawberry, tart cherry, star anise, espresso, tangy red berry, tobacco and tea, framed by taut tannins. The finish is medium-long, with star anise, dried herbs and orange zest.