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Manage Subscriptions2004 Elio Altare Barbera d'Alba
Barbera
- Italy
- Piedmont
- Alba
- Barbera d'Alba
Community Tasting Notes 7
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Andre Brattland Likes this wine: 90 points
October 24, 2014 - No formal nose - had it with the 2012 vintage. Fun to see the colour difference and that also barbera have the benefits of some rest i the cellar. If you have some bottles left, time to drink up.
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Rupert wrote: 90 points
January 17, 2013 - A lovely surprise here: funky nose, dense, but with lovely soft texture, the oak now absorbed
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Andre Brattland Likes this wine: 90 points
November 4, 2010 - A good wine. Looking forward to drink my lat bottle. Will probably try to see how long the Barbera grape could develop. Would wait approx five more years.
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Goldstone wrote: 87 points
February 8, 2010 - Dense totally opaque black/purple colour. Nose is lifted pine resin, supermarket strawberries, beeswax.....but all rather reticent. Palate is tart acidity and tannin with just a little black fruit trying to poke through. A bit dilute in mouthfeel but packs a punch. Needs a lot more time to evolve and show it's true colours.
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bjk wrote: 88 points
February 2, 2007 - The wine was a bit vegetal on the finish.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2004
- Type Red
- Producer Elio Altare
- Varietal Barbera
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Italy
- Region Piedmont
- SubRegion Alba
- Appellation Barbera d'Alba
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 25 (40%)
- Consumed 37 (60%)
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