2005 Barbaresco, Serraboella, Cigliuti, Piedmont, Italy

An early harvest, with some producers forced to rush picking ahead of the October rains. Consequently there's a sense of lifted red cherry stone freshness and delightful perfume about this Barbaresco wine; certainly no 2004 or 2006 even, but just perhaps a wine of great finesse in the years to come. Fascinating drinking over the next ten years, probably more.
(David Berry Green)