Francesco Rosso – Bastianetto 2015 – Nebbiolo D’Alba

It reveals notes of fresh hints of leather, toasted / roasted notes and small notes of crushed ripe red berries, crushed raspberry associated with a hint of pepper as well as discreet hints of nutmeg and tobacco / clove. The mouth is fruity, well-built, fresh, and offers fat, precision a good definition, a beautiful fresh frame, a small gourmandise, minerality as well as a slight straightness. In the mouth this wine expresses notes of crushed red berries and crushed bigarreau cherry associated with touches of blackberry / cassis as well as discreet hints of scrubland (laurel …), leather, cocoa / mocha, toasted oak, roasting and an imperceptible hint of clove (in the background). Tannins are slightly firm and slightly mellow. There is a hint of bitterness on the persistence.