Barbaresco, Hold the French Oak
"I don't like the French barrique," said Enrico Dellapiana, making a round motion with his hands to indicate the shape of the famous 59-gallon oak barrels that play such an important part in the world's winemaking. "They have no place with the
nebbiolo grape or in Barbaresco."
While producers all around him in Piedmont are turning to barriques to pump up …
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