Showing a lean, mid-weight texture, the Ada Nada 2017 Barbaresco Riserva Rombone Cichin offers dried fruit, cherry, balsam herb and oak-driven notes of cedar or fragrance spice. There are elements that recall a hot and dry vintage. The alcohol content is also strong, measured at 15%. However, there is some sourness on the close with fresh acidity.

Dark and sultry on first nose, the Ada Nada 2015 Barbaresco Riserva Rombone Cichin offers aromas of smoke, resin and dark tar. Those savory aromas are especially pronounced in this vintage that saw warm nights, a few temperature spikes and lots of sun. The wine is far along enough on its aging trajectory to reward you with savory aged aromas, although dark fruit flavors of dried blackberry and plum are still intact at its core. Production is 3,300 bottles.