Marie et Pierre Benetiere, Cote Rotie Cordeloux Size:6x750ml The 2016 Barbaresco Masseria represents

The 2016 Barbaresco Masseria represents its own chapter in the volumes of wines that make up the Vietti portfolio

Shows less body than the 2008 Paje Vecchie Vigne but boasts outstanding potential

This was also relatively reduced and impossible to evaluate

This warm-vintage expression does not have the same vertical lift that we saw in the glorious 2016 edition

Marie et Pierre Benetiere, Cote Rotie Cordeloux Size:6x750ml The 2016 Barbaresco Masseria representsOpaque ruby. The nose displays fresh blackberry and bitter cherry scents, along with notes of candied flowers, star anise and cured meat. Nervy and precise on entry, then fleshier in the middle, offering juicy dark berry and cherry pit flavors and a touch of licorice. The nicely focused finish is framed by silky, even tannins. Josh Raynolds