2020 La Ca' Növa "Montestefano" Barbaresco

Name: 2020 La Ca' Növa "Montestefano" Barbaresco
SKU: 1698805
Price: 59.99 USD
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Rating: 95.5 (3 reviews)

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Kerin O'Keefe

Reviewed April 2023

The impressive 2020 Montestefano from La Ca’ Nova opens with heady scents of iris, violet, wild berry and new leather. Full-bodied and utterly delicious, the enveloping, structured palate doles out ripe black cherry, crushed raspberry, baking spice and licorice alongside firm, seasoned tannins.

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Professional Reviews

Vinous

Review Date: 09/2023

The 2020 Barbaresco Montestefano is incredibly shut down today, which I take as a huge positive for a year that yielded relatively open wines. Readers should be in no rush. The 2020 offers plenty of Montestefano earthiness and savoriness, with plenty of fruit that today is enrobed by formidable tannins. The 2020 is still coming together, but it has a ton to offer. (AG)

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Orazio Campoli

K&L Buyer

Review Date: 04/2026

2020 are surprisingly good now, they are in a great window. Its formidable tannins mean there is a long-term cellar play potential here as well.

Notes

Montestefano is one of La Ca’ Növa’s two named Barbaresco vineyards, on the eastern side of the commune, a few hundred meters south of Montefico. The importer describes the estate’s approach through extended skin contact and maturation in large, neutral oak casks. The 2020’s structure emerges clearly in its reviews. Kerin O’Keefe describes generous dark fruit surrounded by firm tannins. Vinous’s September 2023 assessment finds the wine closed and still developing, with savory depth and substantial grip. Both accounts give the fruit a firm tannic framework.

Details

Type	Red Wine
Varietal	Nebbiolo
Origin	Barbaresco, Piedmont, Italy
Bottle Size	750 mL
SKU	1698805