Barbaresco

Barbaresco is the elegant counterpart to Barolo: a Piedmont DOCG red made from 100 percent Nebbiolo, grown on the calcareous hills around the village of Barbaresco just northeast of Alba. Long cast as the "queen" to Barolo's "king," it shows the grape's hallmark rose, tar and cherry perfume in a softer, perfumed, earlier-maturing form — slightly less massive than Barolo but no less refined.