La Ca' Növa Barbaresco 2022

92+ points John Gilman (View From the Cellar): "The 2022 Barbaresco Normale from the Rocca family’s lovely La Ca’Növa estate is a beautifully classic example of Barbaresco, hailing from limestone-rich soils, fermented with native yeasts, given a thirty day maceration period and raised in classic botti prior to bottling. The wine shows the style of the 2022 vintage, coming in at 14.5 percent octane and delivering a very deep, pure and complex bouquet of red and black cherries, anise, woodsmoke, a lovely base of chalky soil, rose petals and a touch of red curry in the upper register. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, focused and complex, with a gorgeous core of fruit, tangy acids, chewy, well-integrated tannins and superb length and grip on the precise and very nicely balanced finish. As I have mentioned before, the 2022 vintage is a drought vintage and has produced concentrated, tannic wines that will be long-distance runners and demand plenty of cellaring to soften up. But, once they are ready to drink, they will be beautiful wines and have a very long plateau of peak drinkability. 2045-2100. (May/Jun 2025)"

91 points Antonio Galloni (Vinous): "The 2022 Barbaresco is superb. Deep and layered, the 2022 offers an explosion of red-toned Nebbiolo fruit intermingled with floral and spice overtones. This succulent, generous Barbaresco will be easy to drink and enjoy on release. Like all the 2022s here, the Barbaresco is open-knit and also impeccably balanced. It's a bit light on the mid-palate. Drink: 2024-2032. (Oct 2024)"