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Barolo gets all the headlines, but Barbaresco, Nebbiolo's other great expression in Piedmont, is arguably the more approachable, and in the right hands just as profound. Today's episode covers the three communes of the Barbaresco zone, the key single vineyards, the producers who define the region, including the legendary Angelo Gaja, and why this wine is chronically underrated relative to its quality and what you'd pay for an equivalent bottle from anywhere else.
By Lauren BrychellBarolo gets all the headlines, but Barbaresco, Nebbiolo's other great expression in Piedmont, is arguably the more approachable, and in the right hands just as profound. Today's episode covers the three communes of the Barbaresco zone, the key single vineyards, the producers who define the region, including the legendary Angelo Gaja, and why this wine is chronically underrated relative to its quality and what you'd pay for an equivalent bottle from anywhere else.