Antinori - Prunotto : Bric Turot 2021

Walnuts, cherry stones, strawberries and tobacco on the nose. It’s full-bodied and well framed, with fine, lightly chalky tannins. Lots of finesse and length. Drink after 2025.

The 2021 Barbaresco Bric Turot offers all the classicism of Treiso in its deeply pitched, spiced personality and structural feel. Dark red-toned fruit, cloves, leather, orange peel and saddle leather give the 2021 lovely exotic elements that add to its beguiling personality. Clean mineral notes extend the finish.

Warm red berries and wild herbs define the aromatics, with subtle notes of crushed spices adding detail. The palate shows moderate depth with soft red fruits. A straightforward style that carries its fruit through to a medium finish.

This wine sources its fruit exclusively from a five-hectare site with local Tortoniano soils that are rich in magnesium and manganese with a bluish hue. The Prunotto 2021 Barbaresco Bric Turot (with 26,000 bottles made) shows an expressive savory side that to my tastes translates as more roots than flowers. Dark fruit is followed by tilled earth, petrichor and toasted almond husk. This is a keeper, but for near and medium-term drinking, I would go with the village Barbaresco.