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As densely constructed and structurally imposing as the wine is, the fruit remains stunningly vibrant and pure--a testament to Roberto's deeply felt and intuitive touch with extraction and tannin management.
The fabled Rabajà cru in Barbaresco, within which the Luisin winery itself is situated, borders Asili to the southwest, but the differences in character between the two are striking: Rabajà is brooding and earthy where Asili is bright and mineral. Rabajà is arguably the more complex and long-lasting of the two, even if Asili can be more accessible (particularly in youth).
The 45-year-old vines here produce a layered, chiseled wine of assertive power, yet possessed of a non-pandering elegance which is very much a Luisin hallmark.
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The Minuto family, of which Cascina Luisin’s current proprietor Roberto Minuto is the eighth generation, have been producing and selling their own wines since the 1860s, when they would lug demijohns up to the market in Turin via oxcart. Under the guidance of Luigi Minuto, the family began estate-bottling in 1913, becoming one of the two first estates in the zone to do so, and when brothers Mario and Lorenzo (Roberto’s grandfather) split their holdings in 1952, Lorenzo retained the original winery, which sits in the middle of the renowned Rabajà cru in Barbaresco. Cascina Luisin produces nervy, expressive, highly traditional wines from some of Barbaresco’s greatest sites, releasing only when Roberto and his father deem the wines ready.