La Ganghija Barbaresco 2016

Professional Ratings

• 93 Wine Enthusiast
  Leather, tilled earth, grated clove and black cherry aromas take center stage along with a whiff of fragrant blue flower. The taut, velvety palate doles out raspberry extract, ripe cranberry, tobacco and licorice alongside firm acidity and close-grained tannins that leave a drying finish. Drink 2024–2032.
• 93 Decanter
  Enzo Rapalino from Treiso triumphed with his 2015 at the Decanter World Wine Awards, and the 2016, which is aged in barriques as well as large casks, is of comparable quality. It's very ripe on the nose but without jamminess, displaying vibrant cherry and raspberry aromas. The attack is fresh and lively, and the mid-palate is concentrated with ripe tannins and acidity. It's animated and zesty, with real flair, energy and length. Should age well, but accessible young.
• 92 Jeb Dunnuck

  From three areas of Giacosa, Bricco di Treiso, and Giacone, the 2016 was aged for 24 months in French and Slavonian oak casks. The 2016 Barbaresco is rich with dark red fruits, fresh leather, cedar, and forest floor. The palate is full of black cherry fruit up front, cinnamon and sweet tobacco, firm tannins that emerge, and a long finish. Drink 2024-2040.

• 91 Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

  The La Ganghija 2016 Barbaresco offers a classic read of the vintage with balanced aromas of wild berry, dried fruit, licorice, aniseed and camphor ash. If you are looking for an honest and straight-shooting Nebbiolo, this wine offers pretty authenticity and complexity. The tannins are integrated, dry and silky, but the wine should continue its easy aging trajectory over the next 10 years.

• 90 Wine Spectator

  A beefy style, this red shows a beam of cherry, shaded by oak spice, earth and licorice notes. Turns leaner, with dense tannins lining the finish. This will need some time in bottle to relax. Best from 2022 through 2040.