Barbaresco 2010: Treiso Shines

Treiso is the undisputed star of Barbaresco’s 2010 vintage. The wines are aromatically expressive, layered and spiced, with fabulous balance and class. A number of the village’s top producers made some of their best wines ever.

The 2010 vintage has turned out to be inconsistent for Barbaresco. I tasted everything from powerful, structured wines to thin, diluted efforts with little complexity or pedigree. The growing season was long and cold, but it was rain near harvest time that complicated things. A number of producers did not bottle their top wines, including the Produttori del Barbaresco - who did not make their Riservas - Castello di Neive and Cortese. Ceretto suffered damage from hail in Asili, so they were not able to make their flagship Barbaresco Bricco Asili. Bruno Giacosa took the highly unusual step of skipping the vintage entirely.

Above: Bruno Rocca’s Currà vineyard in Neive