ADA NADA BARBARESCO VALEIRANO RISERVA 2021

95 POINTS, Kerin O'Keefe. "The 2021 Ada Nada Valeriano has a beautiful nose featuring violet, crushed mint, dark berry, tilled earth, leather and forest floor. Full-bodied elegant, the delicious palate offers juicy red cherry, blood orange, star anise and mocha before closing on a hint of mint. It’s vibrant and balanced, with bright acidity and taut, fine-grained tannins."

A family-run estate established in 1919 in Treiso, with the Valeirano cru at the heart of their nine-hectare holdings — all harvested by hand from vines averaging 40 years of age. Beautiful aromatics of rose, blood orange, and new leather lead to a beautifully textured palate of mouthwatering red fruits, fine powdery tannins, and a long, fruit-driven finish — bottled unfined and unfiltered.  Made as a natural wine.