Scarpa Barbera d'Asti Briccomora 2023 campaign-feature made in an all wood

made in an all wood still

especially when considering the exhausting effort made to craft such an inexpensive sparkler from one of the Loire Valley’s greatest terroirs

Tannins are smooth and silky

dialing back new oak to let the terroir speak

no oak overload — and the result is a Chardonnay that drinks like it costs twice as much

Scarpa Barbera d'Asti Briccomora 2023 campaign-feature made in an all woodLong before anyone else thought Barbera deserved serious treatment, Scarpa did. The house has been around for more than 170 years, and back in the 1960s when Barbera was Piedmont's everyday drinker, made to be thrown back young and cheap Scarpa was already building versions meant to age. Briccomora comes from the I Bricchi estate, on the border between Castel Rocchero and Acqui, and it is pure Barbera: bright cherry and plum, a floral lift, and the