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Cellared for 10 years before release.
2012 Cocito Barbaresco Riserva
Single-Vineyard
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Made by, and at, Cult Barolo/Barbaresco Luminary La Spinetta (which are $125-170+ btl)
- Just 400 cases made — only in the best vintages
- Drinkable now and will effortlessly age another decade
- Prefer Barolo? You'll love this too.
- Only 14 wood 6-packs left
Release Price: $90.00 btl
Ours:
$64.99 btl (1-5)
$59.99 btl (6+ )
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Dear Readers,
Today, I'm beyond excited to share my profound Piedmont find with you. It seems too-good-to-be-true, which normally is correct. You would not find a 400-case production, 10 year-old Barbaresco Riserva, made by, and at, La Spinetta winery while costing less than your dinner tonight. That simply doesn't exist...right?
Background:
- Ezio Cocito has two passions: horses and wine. It was through horses that he met a young Giorgio Rivetti, who eventually convinced him to replant his family’s moscato vineyard in Neive to Nebbiolo. In a handshake deal, Giorgio agreed to make the wine for Ezio at his epic La Spinetta winery, if Ezio would stable Giorgio’s horses. They’ve been crafting the Barbaresco ‘Baluchin’ together since 2000, and we hope this bromance never ends.
The Wine:
- Baluchin means “star” in the Piedmontese dialect, and refers to the vineyard’s ideal position for star gazing on clear night, while being the highest point at 1,300 feet above sea level of the microscopic Bric Micca vineyard. The high altitude, and thus cooler temperatures, result in extreme elegance.
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The wine is made exactly like La Spinetta's (which are completely worth their $125-175+ price tags; I'm just illustrating with facts here)
- 22 months in 30% new French oak makes this a beautiful modernist style that is, not surprisingly, very similar to La Spinetta.
- For those not familiar with the aforementioned style: this has such an awesome bouquet of blue violets, dried rose petals, and sweet cigar. The taste comes as a flood of cherry cassis, accented with clove, anise and spearmint. This was sublime with my girlfriend's lambchops and orzo, pictured above!
- This does need 30 minutes in the decanter to start singing and dancing for the next 3+ days (I'm surprised I had enough restraint to make it last past the first day) but this would be peaking around 2025 and cruise past 2030, easily.
Why is it priced this low?
- Flawed samples shipped globally resulted in a 89 point score in Vinous and some negative remarks which unfortunately impacted sales.
- That's a real shame — because we've drank 4 bottles, all from different cases, and all were beautiful. The wine's been stored properly refrigerated at one of America's most elite importers. The wine is sound and we gaurantee it, as we do with all of our non-library wines.
- So what would this be rated? I'd guess 93, like in their 2013 reviews I put below for your reference.
I have only 14 beautiful wood 6-packs left.
I tried to keep this short so you can move quick — please get in touch as soon as you can. We're here for you!
All my best,
—James Tran
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2012 Cocito 'Baluchin' Barbaresco Riserva DOCG
93 Points - Robert Parker's WA (for 2013):
"This wine is always released much later than its peers. The Cocito 2013 Barbaresco Riserva Baluchin draws its fruit from a cool and high-altitude growing site in Neive where obtaining acidity and fruit brightness is never a problem. These conditions also suggest a longer cellar-aging window. The fact that the 2013 vintage was spared major temperature spikes during the summer months further reinforces these impressions. This Riserva presents dark cassis and plum, with some spicy elements of crushed clove, balsamic herb or rosemary essence. Only 6,000 bottles were made, and I think you can be confident in the aging of this bottle."
92 Points - Vinous (for 2013):
"Cocito's 2013 Barbaresco Riserva Baluchin is a gorgeous, modern-style wine. Sumptuous and racy with no hard edges, the 2013 offers tons of immediacy and sheer appeal. Succulent black cherry, plum, tobacco, menthol and licorice build as this extroverted Barbaresco shows off its allure, which is considerable."
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- Lowest price in the country
- 14 six-packs left
Release Price: $90.00 btl
Lowest Online: $67.99 btl
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Ours:
$64.99 btl (1-5)
$59.99 btl (6+ )
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