2018 | Lino Maga | Barbacarlo

The nose of the Lino Maga Barbacarlo is very expressive and intense with nuances of porcini mushroom, tar, fennel seed, cured meat and dried floral and dehydrated undertones. The wine is explosive on the palate yet all seamlessly tied together and perfectly integrated.

Producer Information

Azienda Agricola Barbacarlo (often appended with Comm. Maga Lino di Maga Giuseppe after the estate's veteran winemaker Lino Maga) is a wine estate based in the town of Broni, just south of Pavia, in the Oltrepò Pavese region of Lombardy, northern Italy. The estate produces a pair of single-vineyard red wines from the area – a blend of local red varieties under the Otrepo Pavese DOC/DOP and/or Provincia di Pavia IGT titles. Sometimes referred to as Vino Maga, the estate produces two, minimal-intervention wines from the Barbacarlo and Montebuono vineyards, both of which give their names to the labels (although the former is the better-known). The former covers around four hectares (10 acres) with the latter a slightly smaller three hectares (7.5 acres) – as such production is limited. The wines are a blend of local mainstays Croatina, Uva Rara and Vespolina grown from very old vines and cultivated without synthetic herbicides or pesticides. Harvest is done by hand. Winemaking is non-interventionist with indigenous yeast ferments and aging in old oak. Wines are unfined and unfiltered and sometimes bottled prior to the completion of malolactic fermentation. Nonetheless, the wines have a storied reputation among traditional and natural wine aficionados and, despite their instability at bottling, are reputed to enjoy exceptional longevity.

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