Cascina Sot 2022 Langhe Nascetta

"This 2022 Nascetta from Cascina Sot is a stunning and bright gold in the glass, almost the colour of clear-spun bush honey; vivid and crystal clear. The barest hint of orange too betrays its 5 days maceration; this skin-contact will bring further presence on the palate, soon to be revealed.  Aromatically, this is poised beautifully between stony and saline minerality, florally inclined stone fruits, and waxy savouriness; el sombrero de tres picos! Preserved peach, candle wax, salty granite, light honey (box-gum?), exotic and fresh peppercorns (including Sichuan), and fresh slightly green apricot. Piquant: very enticing. The palate is full and juicy; a riot of gripping phenolics and tannin, lip-smacking acidity, spicy nuances, and salty minerality. Fresh yellow peach and tart apricot, cut herbs, more wax and peppercorns; enormously fresh on the finish with a wave of acidity surfing out to the far reachings of the back-lower palate. Juicy, cut-pure. Fine, delicious. I cannot help but sip another glass." — David