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Barbaresco 2018 vintage report: 40 wines tasted

Aldo Fiordelli reports on a recent tasting of Barbaresco 2018s finding a four-star vintage with clean and perfumed wines.

It will not be easy to bring wine lovers together to talk about the 2018 vintage in Barbaresco.

There were several objective challenges throughout the growing season, not without some extremes. But there is undoubtedly a certain appeal to these wines, which are less extracted than usual.

‘In the 1970s, Barbaresco shined for “less”: less concentration, less structure, less expensive,’ quips Angelo Gaja. ‘Today, things have changed,’ he concludes. Well, that’s not quite true in the 2018 vintage – a return to the “less” character in this cool, damp and fresh vintage.

It’s deserving of four stars but should be intended for short-term drinking rather than long cellaring.


Scroll down to see Aldo’s top-scoring Barbaresco 2018 wines


The 2018 vintage

The 2018 vintage started with a long winter with plentiful rainfall, restoring the soil’s water supply which had diminished due to the dry 2017 season.


Aldo’s top Barbaresco 2018 wines:

View all 40 wines


View all 40 Barbaresco 2018 wines


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