Barbera cru tasting with Poderi Rosso Giovanni

Lionello Rosso makes almost nothing but Barbera, and he makes five of them — San Bastian, Cascina Perno, Carlinet, Infine and Gioco dell'Oca — each cru a slightly different argument about what Barbera d'Asti can be. You taste with the man who grew the grapes, in Italian, English or German, while he sets out Grana Padano and salami and talks through the hills each wine came from. The wine ages in two cellars, a vaulted one from 1698 under the village and a newer one out at Cascina Perno. Message ahead through the site and he'll usually find you a slot, even mid-harvest.

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