Guido Porro Vigna S. Caterina Barbera d'Alba, Piedmont, Italy 2022 Azienda Agricola Silvio Grasso walnut and crushed stone character

walnut and crushed stone character

675 bottles and 24 magnums produced and filled in December 2022

and the velvet texture of the red berry fruit is completed by good acidity

Charly’s Régnié grapes are harvested when fully ripe

It has some accessibility today yet will benefit from 3-5 years of bottle age and keep for two decades

Guido Porro Vigna S. Caterina Barbera d'Alba, Piedmont, Italy 2022 Azienda Agricola Silvio Grasso walnut and crushed stone characterPorros Barbera straddles the line between an everyday pizza wine and a more substantial red that expresses nuance and can even improve with age. For a Wednesday night pasta dinner, it checks all the boxes: ripe berry fruit with cleansing acidity; richness contrasted by vivaciousness. However, if you have a cellar, dont hesitate to lay down a few bottles: in a balanced vintage, this wine has serious potential. The 2003, for example, still drinks