2019 Cascina delle Rose 'Tre Stelle' Barbaresco - PIEDMONT, ITALY. 750ml
From Nebbiolo planted to the calcareous limestone and sandy soils of the Tre Stelle vineyard in Barbaresco. Fermented with skins for three weeks before moving to Slavonian botti (10-20HL) for 18 months. Aged in bottle before release. The Tre Stelle is Cascina delle Rose's more elegent style of Barbaresco. It is more floral, more red fruited, with a touch more mineral zip, than the Rio Sordo bottling.
The 2019 Barbaresco Tre Stelle is attractive, but also a touch lean and austere, possibly the result of its relatively recent bottling. Sweet dried cherry, leather, spice, licorice and pipe tobacco emerge, but only with great reluctance. Even so, the 2019 has enough depth to drink well for another decade plus. The ethereal, gracious style is quite appealing, but I would prefer to see more depth on the mid-palate. (AG) 
(9/2022)
Jancis Robinson
Lustrous and just mid ruby with orange tinges. Peppery cherry and cranberry fruit that becomes perfumed with aeration. A little vibrant at the beginning and then concentrated and elegant and juicy with finely chiselled tannins layered through the fruit. Built-in freshness combined with great length. (WS) (5/2022)
97 points Kerin O'Keefe writes for kerinokeefe.com: "All about finesse and showing Nebbiolo’s gentler side, Cascina delle Rose’s 2019 Barbaresco Tre Stelle offers mesmerizing aromas of woodland berry, blue flower, camphor and pine forest. Linear and vibrant, the focused palate features juicy red cherry, raspberry and star anise framed in lithe, refined tannins. It’s energized and beautifully balanced, with bright acidity Drink 2025-2039." (07/2022)
