AZIENDA TINTERO ELVIO BARBARESCO DOCG 2023

If you are familiar with Marco Tintero’s remarkable track record with the humbler side of Piemontese wine, it is impossible not to get excited about the prospect of what this overachieving vignaiolo can do with some of the region’s more venerated vineyard land in Barbaresco.

It’s like watching what kind of magic the person who makes your favorite burger will do with a dry-aged Wagyu ribeye. Marco’s small production of Barbaresco originates in the famous crus of Balluri and Bricco di Neive, less than ten miles north of his cantina in Mango.

Both floral and stony, this Barbaresco’s notes of dark berries, blood orange, and spice complement a wide variety of Piemontese dishes, but will also sing alongside that ribeye.