Scarpa Barbera d'Asti Casa Scarpa 2021 ReasonableCellar2025 finishing clean and mineral with

finishing clean and mineral with impressive length

better yet

and it is made about as simply as wine gets: organically farmed fruit

aged Comté

fine tannins

Scarpa Barbera d'Asti Casa Scarpa 2021 ReasonableCellar2025 finishing clean and mineral withScarpa is best known for serious, long aged Nebbiolo, so it's easy to overlook that Barbera is where the house has its most fun. Casa Scarpa comes from organically farmed estate fruit in the Poderi Bricchi vineyard at Castel Rocchero, fermented and aged entirely in stainless steel with no oak anywhere in the process, then given six months in bottle before release. That choice keeps the wine crunchy and lifted, all bright red fruit and Barbera's