BARBARESCO Cottá Sottimano 2017 vs SAINT AUBIN 1er Cru Pitangeret Domaine Joseph Colin 2023
Compare current tracked prices, stockists and core specifications. SAINT AUBIN 1er Cru Pitangeret Domaine Joseph Colin 2023 currently starts £0.20 lower.
| Availability | In stock | In stock |
|---|---|---|
| Best current price | £65.95 | £65.75 |
| Current stockists | 1 merchant | 1 merchant |
| Style | Other | Other |
| Grape | Nebbiolo | Chardonnay |
| Region | Barbaresco | — |
| ABV | 14% | 13.5% |
| Size | 750ml | 750ml |
| Where to buy |
BARBARESCO Cottá Sottimano 2017
Drawing its fruit from a 2.8-hectare section of the Cottà cru in Neive with 50- to 60-year-old vines, this is a classic offering from Sottimano. The 2017 Barbaresco Cottá unfolds to beautiful intensity and depth. The Neive area suffered hail damage on April 15th, and we are lucky that this parcel was spared, enough so to render a 9,000-bottle release. This estate believes in long maceration times (the wine stays on the skins for up to 40 days) with no selected yeasts. Malolactic fermentation is allowed to happen at its own pace in French barrel, and the wine ages up to 24 months, with lees contact for about half that time. The approach is traditional and straightforward, resulting in a wine that is focused, detailed and polished with bright cherry fruit, licorice and campfire ash. I love the intensity you get here.
SAINT AUBIN 1er Cru Pitangeret Domaine Joseph Colin 2023
A super-fresh nose freely reveals its array of the essence of pear and apple trimmed in subtle citrus, spice and floral wisps. There is again fine volume and mid-palate density to the solidly powerful and mineral driven flavors that exhibit fine length on the balanced finale. This moderately firm effort could use better depth so a few years of aging should prove to be beneficial.
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