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Andrea began experimenting with longer maceration times. Unfortunately, the skins broke down into a slimy pulp after 10 days – they just weren’t strong enough or healthy enough to sustain a longer maceration. So Andrea embarked on a now-10-year-long experiment in the vineyards.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eLater, as I Andrea’s vineyards in spring of 2016, I noticed a couple of things. First, they are green. Think of the difference between my desert-brown, desiccated leaf-strewn front lawn and your green-thumb-neighbor’s garden. Andrea’s vines are a bright green garden. Second, his vineyards are full of life – bumblebees, worms, slugs, wild boar, you name it. I hate insects (yet find boars tasty when appropriately cooked), but what it all means is the natural inhabitants of Barbaresco choose to live – and can live – in Andrea’s vineyards. Third, his soil was moist and soft, like the kind you’d find at a spa treatment. Now I don’t often put dirt on my face, but 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And, like many of the best wines in life, this one is now highly allocated. But shockingly, it’s still at a drink-your-heart-out price! \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the glass, the 2018 vintage is at once hedonistic and structurally powerful, drinkable now yet built to last twenty years or more. Let me explain. 2018 was a great year for Piedmont, and, man, have I been looking forward to drinking it. To put it simply, in the 2018 vintage, everything is MORE. More Maraschino cherry fruit, more rose petal perfume, more wild red and black cherries, more black tea, more tannin for more muscle, more acidity for more refreshing purity. Like I said, simply more. But more doesn’t mean the wine is unbalanced in any way. The fruit is mighty, but not dominant or jammy. The tannins are robust, yet totally integrated and smooth. The acidity is compelling, and also harmonious with the body of this wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eI do recommend decanting the wine for at least 30 minutes (e.g., come home from work, pop off a glass, drink, change, watch the news, then dive into the rest), as well as serving it in the biggest Burgundy bowl you can find. 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