Wine Information:
The “Basarin”, from vineyards in the Basarin cru in Neive, has sweet black fruits and currants on the nose, but is firm and lean on the palate, providing excellent nearer-term drinking. Garnet red in color; intense and complex on the nose, with aromas of ripe red fruit and spice. The flavor is warm and vigorous; the mouth-feel rich and soft. The wine is well-balanced, intense and with a long finish
Moccagatta’s Basarin Barbaresco is sourced from the Minuto brother’s holdings in the Basarin cru in the township of Neive. Basarin is marked by its high altitude (above 260 meters) and its calcerous-marl soils; the vineyards owned by the Moccagatta estate are at a south exposure and were planted in 1967 and 1968.
The grapes are macerated on the skins in temperature-controlled steel vats with; the wine is matured in French oak barriques for 18 months.
