Cascina Baricchi Ca Va Sans Dire Timorasso 2016

Cascina Baricchi Ca Va Sans Dire Timorasso 2016

Cascina Baricchi
$80.00

Grape: Timorasso
Vintage: 2016
Type: White

This dry white wine is crafted from mature timorasso vines planted in the 1950s at the Cascina Baricchi estate. Winemaker Natale Simonetta utilizes an old-school cellaring protocol, aging the wine for more than eight years in old oak casks before bottling. The winemaking prioritizes long wood aging on the fine fermentation lees to build phenolic stability and structural complexity without filtration. This disciplined process yields a texturally driven bottling centered on soil transparency.

It pours a deep straw-gold color, opening with complex aromas of lemon curd, passion fruit, beeswax, and wild fennel. On the palate, the full-bodied, structured frame balances a broad texture with a sharp beam of mineral acidity. Savory flavors of fresh lime peel and dried chamomile wrap around a dense mouthfeel. A strong vein of salty salinity cuts right through mid-palate volume, keeping it fresh. It finishes long, dry, and clean, leaving a persistent trail of stone.

Cascina Baricchi is a small, traditional, family-owned winery located in the Piedmont region of Italy, known for crafting elegant, age-worthy Barbaresco. Led by Natale Simonetta and his wife Francesca, the estate is a champion of the rare Nebbiolo Rosé clone, which contributes to the wines' delicate and complex character. The winemaking is staunchly traditional, with foot-crushing for gentle extraction, long fermentations, extended maceration, and aging in large, neutral oak barrels. They use only natural yeasts for fermentation.