
440: Aldo Vacca on the History and Future of Barbaresco
I'll Drink to That! Wine Talk
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Barbarisco and Barolo
The reservers Spicelli was canceled by the DOCEG sometime in the 80s. It doesn't exist as an appellation, but we were used to do it. Of course, normally you do it in wood, but it's just an extra time. So for reservers, it's two extra years,. four years after the vintage, the release, and for Reservers, Spicelli is five years. The big problem with Barbarisco and Barolo is that they're released too soon.
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