The Comm. G.B. Burlotto 2022 Barbera d'Alba Aves is elegant and contained (despite a high 15% alcohol content) with floral aromas, cherry and the pithiness of a pomelo fruit. The palate is treated to layers of light spice from the skins with subtle minerality as well. It's all beautifully put together, incredibly silky and fine, but it also shows tension and energy. This wine is all about the high tones. Some 8,000 bottles were made.

This is saturated with cherry, raspberry, violet and mineral flavors defined by a lightning rod of acidity. Harmonious, building to the long, complex aftertaste, where the pure fruit flavors persist. Drink now through 2032. 750 cases made, 200 cases imported.

The 2022 Barbera d'Alba Aves, Burlotto's top Barbera, is a rich, heady wine. Succulent dark cherry, plum, licorice, cloves and lavender open nicely. Medium in body and racy, with gorgeous texture, the 2022 is impeccably balanced. It spent 10 months in 500L barrels, then 2 months in cask prior to bottling.