Luigi Giordano started bottling his family’s wine in 1958, one of the very first small producers in Barbaresco to do so. The family owns some of the best vineyards in Barbaresco, and since the beginning, Luigi’s wines have been on the delicate side of the spectrum. Even his single cru wines from Barbaresco’s great crus, Asili, Montestefano, and Cavanna. Today, Luigi’s daughter Laura and grandson Matteo carry on the tradition, and the house style is perhaps best expressed in this cheerfully inexpensive and outrageously quaffable Rosso. A co-fermented blend of 80% Nebbiolo and 20% Arneis, both grown in Barbaresco’s vineyards. Easy to love and versatile, this is a wine for casual gatherings and weekday “clean out the refrigerator casserole” (though something with mushrooms would be particularly apt). Aromas of rose petals, rose water, potpourri, cranberry, cinnamon, wild strawberry and a touch of tarry earth flow into a fresh palate with a gentle tannic touch and a star burst of strawberry and orange fruit. Flowers and a telltale note of licorice linger on the finish.