{"product_id":"cascina-delle-rose-barbaresco-rio-sordo-2023","title":"Cascina delle Rose, Barbaresco Rio Sordo, 2023","description":"If Cascina delle Rose's Barbarescos are the Chambolle-Musignys of the Langhe (aromatic, elegant, resolutely traditional), Rio Sordo is the one with a bit more muscle: more structure, an earthier side, and the broader frame that comes from a vineyard amphitheatre facing further west. The family estate sits right on the crest of the cru, and this wine comes from two small plots there, facing south-west at 310 metres and always picked by hand. Under the vines is marine marl from the Tertiary era, bluish and compact, with about a metre of topsoil on top. That topsoil gives these vines more vigour than their neighbours in Tre Stelle, which grow almost straight into limestone. Giovanna Rizzolio founded the winery and kept chemicals out of the vineyard and cellar in the 1990s, when hardly anyone did. Her sons Riccardo and Davide Sobrino have run it since 2017, and the approach hasn't changed: organic farming, a gentle press that throws out whole stalks without crushing the seeds, and ageing in large, neutral Slavonian casks. The estate makes only about 30,000 bottles a year, so this is small-grower Barbaresco in the truest sense.","brand":"Polaner [POL]","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50853646762041,"sku":"NYC-W-POL-`IRO172`-101926-1","price":119.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0125\/1518\/0601\/files\/IMG-5221.jpg?v=1792695861","url":"https:\/\/nyc.flatiron-wines.com\/products\/cascina-delle-rose-barbaresco-rio-sordo-2023","provider":"Flatiron Wines \u0026 Spirits NYC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}