La Spinetta, Barbaresco Valeirano Vintage:2007 kumquat and lemon zest with

kumquat and lemon zest with an emerging core of honey-drizzled white peach

100 cases made

which is a bit more forward and oxidative than it usually is

Asian spices and earth with focused

This is an ambitious Croft that could become a future legend or might trip over its untrammeled ambition

La Spinetta, Barbaresco Valeirano Vintage:2007 kumquat and lemon zest withGood medium red. Wild aromas of truffle, smoke, underbrush, spices and cigar box. Then fat and lush in the mouth, showing the exotic side of the vintage. This silky Barbaresco has the sex appeal to be enjoyed early. Finishes with ripe, building tannins. Conveys a rather high pH feel, and indeed Rivetti notes that pHs are generally higher in his 2006 Barbarescos than in the 2007s. Stephen Tanzer