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Description
Cascina delle Rose is one of those old-school Barbaresco producers that just quietly gets on with the job - farming organically, making wine the traditional way, and letting their vineyards do the talking. Third-generation brothers Riccardo and Davide run the show now, and nothing’s rushed or overworked. No new oak, no flashy tricks - just long, gentle macerations and ageing in big old Slavonian botti. It’s all about purity and feel.
Their Tre Stelle bottling is something special. It comes from a tiny, higher-elevation section at the top of the Rio Sordo cru. It’s mostly limestone and marine marl up there, and that shows in the wine. Tre Stelle has always been the most lifted and elegant of their Barbarescos, but 2021 gives it a bit more flesh and drive than usual - ripe red fruit, layered texture, and tannins that grip without ever getting in the way.
This vintage is being quietly talked about as one of the greats. It’s got presence and polish, but it doesn’t shout. Just a beautiful, honest expression of place and season.
96+ points
"Ripe cherry, aniseed, rose petals, spice, and blonde tobacco lead into a medium-bodied, succulent wine with dark red fruit and mineral acidity. Firm, ripe tannins with a brick dust texture and a tea-and-rose finish of superb length. So bloody good."
- Gary Walsh (The Wine Front)
95 points
"Exceedingly graceful with wild berry, white currant, violet, and sweet earth. Polished and glossy in texture, with freshness and finesse from fossil-rich Sant'Agata marl soils. A beautifully classic vintage."
- Monica Larner (The Wine Advocate)
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Delivery is free on orders of $199 or more.
For orders under this amount, delivery is calculated at checkout based on your postcode. You can order in any quantity or combination of wines you like. Straight dozens are not required.
We will dispatch your order the same or next business day.
Estimated delivery transit time varies depending on your location. Please review this page for specific estimates.
No sorry we do not have a store front and pickup is not available.
Yes, no problem. When placing your order select ‘Store at Different Drop and Delivery Later’ as your shipping method or reply to the order confirmation email after placing your order with additional instructions.
We stock three different sized gift boxes (single, three bottle and six), all are available for purchase for a flat rate of $8. They look great and make an awesome impression.
To add a gift box to your order, simply add at checkout. The special requests box is your friend, please give us as many details of what you are looking for and we will try our best, or get in contact to discuss it with you.
If you want to bulk order gifts or if you have any trouble please email hello@differentdrop.com or call and we can try and help.
Our warehouse is automated so unless you tell us otherwise, we will ship your order. If you would like us to hold your order please reply to the order confirmation email after placing your order and we are happy to store your order for up to 6 months at no charge. You can review our heat policy here.
Yes, of course. We want Different Drop customers to always be getting the best price. You can see our price match policy here.
No, feel free to mix it up! There is no minimum requirement. You can order wines in any quantity or combination, 1 or 50+ bottles.
No, all prices are set at the full discounted dozen rate already.
Most wine retailers list at a single-bottle price and then discount 10–15% when you buy six or twelve. We've taken the opposite approach. Since the overwhelming majority of our orders are already 6 bottles or more, our list price is set for the case buyer from the start. There's no inflated single-bottle price to discount down from.
What that means for you:
- One price, same for everyone — no minimum to hit to unlock the best rate
- No mixed-six gymnastics to qualify for a discount
- Our single-bottle price is typically at or below a traditional retailer's by-the-dozen rate
Put simply: the box discount is already baked into the price.
**And if you find it cheaper elsewhere?** Let us know. If the same wine is available at a lower price at another retailer (including at their mixed-six or by-the-dozen rate) we're happy to match it.
If you can't add more wine to your cart it means we are low on stock of that wine. For example, if you are only able to 3 bottles and no more that means we only have 3 bottles left of that wine. If it's a must have, please contact us and we may be able to order more in for you.
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