Roagna’s Barbaresco Asili Vecchie Viti 2010 is a small-production, single-vineyard Nebbiolo from the Asili geographical mention in Barbaresco DOCG, Piedmont. It comes from a “0.22-hectare plot purchased in 1961,” a parcel in the central part of Asili that has been bottled as a designated old-vine selection labeled “Vecchie Viti” since the 2007 vintage. For 2010, production is cited at roughly 1,500 bottles, and the wine is listed at 13.5% alcohol.

The estate context matters here. Roagna is described as working in a “very traditional and classic style,” with “no external oenologists or agronomists,” and an unusually hands-on approach in the cellar: according to Liber Group, “each bottle is picked up at least six times by a family member before leaving the cellar.” Viticulturally, Luca Roagna farms the Asili Vecchie Viti site using permaculture, keeping wild grasses and avoiding tilling.

A retailer note from Berry Bros. & Rudd places the vineyard on a south-west-facing slope that “adjoins that of Bruno Giacosa,” and highlights the soil’s “sandy talc element within calcareous soil,” a detail used to explain aromatic lift—an “intriguing clementine-skin character and rose-petal purity.”

In the glass, the same source frames the wine as controlled and detailed rather than showy, calling it “crunchy-cool” with “poise” and “harmonious detail,” and pointing to fruit tones of “kirsch cassis and red cherry-stone.” The suggested drinking window is long—“2018–2048”—while still noting it is “ready but youthful,” consistent with Roagna’s reputation for structure and aging potential.

Professional, vintage-specific critic reviews for the 2010 were not available in the provided material, so there are no “excellent” scored reviews to report for this particular year. For context only, the wine has drawn top-tier press attention in other vintages, including 98-point reviews (2019) from both Wine Advocate and Wine Spectator.