Michele Chiarlo : Asili 2020

This is very fresh and racy with red and blue berries, crushed violets, lavender and walnuts. Medium-bodied, structured and meaty with solid tannins that are ripe and velvety, yet still give a firm backbone to the wine. The fruit is vivid and pronounced with lots of floral and spicy notes. Try after 2026.

Barbaresco. Maturing mid ruby with bright orange tinges. Pretty, soft oak and strawberry-fruit nose. Light and pleasant but not up to cru level and fading a little on the finish. (WS)

The 2020 Barbaresco Asili is soft, sensual and immediately charming. Crushed rose petal, mint, red cherry, kirsch, leather and cedar give the 2020 plenty of aromatic lift to match its mid-weight personality. I would prefer to drink this over the next few years.

The beauty of the Chiarlo Barbarescos is how they coax such beautiful aromas out of their wines, and this wine is no exception with captivating aromas of Marasca cherries, macerated raspberries, wild rose and bay leaf. Pristine flavors of wild red-berry preserves, sweet tea and cedar finishing with elegant tannins and crisp acidity. Drink now–2040.