Cascina Baricchi 'Riva della Coda' Barbera d’Alba 2021

Cascina Baricchi 'Riva della Coda' Barbera d’Alba 202190 pts Vinous (Galloni) Drinking Window 2025 2031 The 2021 Barbera d'Alba Riva della Coda is a heady, bombastic wine. Succulent blackberry fruit, licorice, spice, espresso and menthol saturate the palate. This potent Barbera is certainly not shy. Stylistically, it is also quite opulent relative to the Barbarescos. The 2021 cries for food. By Antonio Galloni on October 2025 Natale and Francesca Simonetta turn out some of the most distinctive wines in

Viticulture:  Farmed using sustainable and organic methods

This was made in search of the original taste of the terroir

voluminously coating the mouth with a rich

herbicides or phytosanitary products are used

and unadulterated fruit purity — a wine that speaks eloquently of place and patience

looking for freshness and drinkability

Aging:  After 28 months on lees

and limestone

as they do not use insecticides

Exposure: south-easterly

revealing a serious wine with depth and finesse

Here we find a hilly terrain with volcanic soils and a strong confluence of cooling effects from the mountainous north and warm currents from the south and Adriatic sea