2023 Fontanafredda Barbaresco Coste Rubin

A barrel sample, the 2023 Barbaresco Coste Rubin is a saturated medium red color and offers a ripe profile at this early stage with some maturity, although it has appealing notes of baked cherries, sweet licorice, sweet herbs, and fresh earth. Medium-bodied, it has a bit more flesh in this vintage, with ripe tannins, and it retains enough acidity to be a worthwhile option to drink over the next several years.