2020 Agricola Punica Isola dei Nuraghi Barrua

94 Vinous – Top 100

Vinous 94.5 Points – The Brutal Beauty of Sardinia: (Agricola Punica Isola dei Nuraghi Barrua Red) Dark as night, the 2020 Isola dei Nuraghi Barrua smolders with a beguiling bouquet of sweet spice and pipe tobacco that gives way to plum sauce, grilled herbs and gravel dust. This is pure elegance. It’s velvety in feel with ripe red and black fruit tones that smooth over the palate as tension builds. Hints of blood orange and dark chocolate amass toward the close. Notes of fresh coffee grinds mingle with stony mineral tones and fine-grained tannins as the 2020 tapers off long, potent and structured. While more approachable than the typical Barrua at this age, the 2020 still possesses exceptional balance and complexity. Give it another year or two to blossom. (Drink between 2026-2032)