and the company’s loud
the Château de Cantermerle vineyard covers 91 hectares of vines
fennel seed and lime on the palate
If this wine were a landscape
offering waves of candied citrus
2005 Barbaresco Camp Gros Martinenga, Marchesi di Grésy Summer Whites and the company’s loudCamp Gros Martinenga is one of those wines that explains why mature Nebbiolo has such a devoted following. The 2005 has moved from youthful grip into a beautifully aromatic phase, with dried rose, red cherry, raspberry, orange peel, tobacco leaf, liquorice, truffle and a cool balsamic thread. It is poised rather than showy, with the quiet confidence of a wine that has no need to raise its voice. On the palate, it is savoury, silky and finely held,