2021 Cascina Luisin Barbaresco Asili

97 pts
A poised and traditional Nebbiolo from the famed Asili cru, showing the elegance, fragrance and quiet power that make Barbaresco so compelling when it’s done this well.

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The 2021 Barbaresco Asili from Cascina Luisin is a beautifully composed, quietly confident expression of one of the region’s most prized sites. Asili tends to yield wines that are more graceful than forceful, and this vintage from Roberto Minuto - made with long, gentle maceration and aged in large Slavonian oak botti - doesn’t overstate a thing. It’s classic in every sense.

Fruit comes from 60-year-old vines on the western slope of Asili, where slightly richer clay soils and a touch of afternoon sun combine to give a Barbaresco with both perfume and depth. The wine opens shyly but grows steadily in the glass - red berries, rose petals, orange zest and subtle earthy spice all moving in harmony. Tannins are firm but resolved, and the finish carries that unmistakable Asili lift.

There’s no winemaking wizardry here, just patient farming and an old-school cellar approach that puts vineyard first. You can drink this with food now, but it’s built to reward a long rest in the cellar.

97 points
"Stunning aromas of ripe forest berry, dark spice, new leather, camphor, rose and sun-warmed hay waft out of the glass... Smooth and all about finesse, the delicious palate delivers juicy Marasca cherry, liquorice blood orange and saline before an almost salty close."
- Kerin O'Keefe

97 points - "Stunning aromas of ripe forest berry, dark spice, new leather, camphor, rose and sun-warmed hay waft out of the glass on the radiant Asili Vecchie Viti from Cascina Luisin. Smooth and all about finesse, the delicious palate delivers juicy Marasca cherry, liquorice blood orange and saline before an almost salty close. Smooth, silky tannins provide the elegant backbone while fresh acidity keeps it impeccably balanced. What a stunner. Drink 2026–2036." - Kerin O’Keefe

The fruit for this wine comes from the mostly south-facing aspect of the Asili cru, with an average vine age of 60 years. The winemaking is like the other Barbarescos. This is for some the most compelling of the Luisin Barbarescos, with a textbook Nebbiolo red colour and an intriguing bouquet of so many elements that come together in harmony. Classic varietal characters of liquorice root, rose petal and anise, alongside brighter fruit aromas of pomegranate, cherry and raspberry, with savoury, herbal notes in the background – tar, leather and sandalwood – are all in the mix. There is beautiful energy to this wine, with fresh acidity, silky, lithe but generous fruit, and soft tannin.

Price Bracket $101 and Above
Type Red
Body Medium Bodied
Variety Nebbiolo
Country Italy
Region Piedmont
Critic Score 97
Size 750ml
Vintage 2021
Closure Cork

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