  Courtesy of Produttori del Barbaresco The Asili vineyard in Barbaresco Wine Spectator website members: You'll find senior editor Bruce Sanderson's official scores and tasting notes for Produttori del Barbaresco's 2015 single-vineyard riservas in the Sept. 2 edition of Insider Weekly. But he also tasted these extraordinary Nebbiolos with the winemaking cooperative's director, Aldo Vacca, for an in-depth discussion of the vintage and how each vineyard responded to it. Learn more.
 COLLECTIBLE 95 points • $70 • 1,500 cases made Precise and powerful, with fleshy richness to the dark currant, cassis and black olive flavors, matched to dried savory accents. Mocha and dark chocolate details show on the long, richly spiced finish. Drink now through 2027. From Chile.—Kim Marcus
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Ask Wine Spectator Q: What does it mean if the hood, or capsule, on a bottle of wine is fixed in place or spins? Does either indicate something about the quality of the wine?—Lasi, Romania A: There is some folklore out there in the wine world about what it means if the capsule, also known as a hood or sleeve, that covers the top of a bottle of wine is fixed in place or not. The truth is that some capsules spin and some do not, and neither scenario indicates anything certain about the quality of the wine in the bottle.
One of the ways rumors like these got started is that if a wine gets too hot or a cork is faulty, the bottle might leak; if the wine leaks into the capsule and then later dries, that seepage might create a sticky adhesive that "glues" the capsule in place. There are a lot of "ifs" and "mights" in that logic, and when you consider that a little bit of seeping wine is no guarantee that a wine is damaged and that some producers apply the capsules so tightly that they won't budge to begin with, there's just no merit to the idea that wine quality can be linked in any way to whether or not the capsule spins.
Some wine bottles have loose capsules that are easy to pull off, which is really convenient if you don't like trying to cut through the foil before you open the bottle, and some wine bottles have really tightly applied capsules that don't move at all. The only way to know whether or not the wine inside the bottle is good is to open it.—MaryAnn Worobiec Have a question about collecting? E-mail us. Browse our archive of previous questions & answers.
 Robert Camuto Elvio Cogno winemaker Valter Fissore continues to try new techniques with Nascetta. Nestled at the southwestern edge of the Barolo appellation, the sleepy hilltop town of Novello has been reawakening, thanks in part to the rebirth of its long-lost [or "once-forgotten"] white wine, Nascetta. Contributing editor Robert Camuto visited Elvio Cogno winemaker Valter Fissore, who is helping to bring the local grape out of Piedmont's shadows. Could this quirky wine be Italy's next great white?
 Courtesy of Cathy Corison / Courtesy of Marchesi de' Frescobaldi Coming up: Cathy Corison and Lamberto Frescobaldi Check out our Instagram Live series, "Straight Talk with Wine Spectator," for virtual chats with super chefs, winemakers, somms and more, airing every Tuesday and Thursday. If you didn't catch it live, watch our chat with retired footballer Charles Woodson of Intercept Wines. At 7 p.m. ET tomorrow, Sept. 10, senior editor James Molesworth is chatting with Cathy Corison, winemaker at Napa's Corison Winery. And next week, on Sept. 15 at 3 p.m. ET, senior editor Bruce Sanderson talks to Lamberto Frescobaldi, president of Italy's Marchesi de' Frescobaldi. Check out past conversations, see the full lineup and tune in!
The entrants are in for Wine Spectator's 2020 Video Contest, and that means it's almost time for you to choose the winner. Voting opens on Monday, Sept. 14 and ends on Sept. 20. On Sept. 21 we'll be announcing the 2nd and 3rd place winners, plus honorable mentions, and the winning video will be revealed on Sept. 22! Mark those dates on your calendar, and get ready for some creative takes on this year's theme: wine at home. 
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