2001 Coppo Barbera d'Asti Pomorosso

Community Tasting Notes (4) Median Score: 92 points

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  12/25/2010 - Nanda wrote: 92 Points

  On Christmas with a lasagna dinner - popped and poured. Full, aromatic nose of red fruits, tar, smoke and spice. Palate is loaded with sunny red fruit and juicy acidity. Love the smoky tar notes on the back end. Delicious with a flavorful finish that keeps you coming back for more.

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  11/13/2010 - JamesSanders wrote: 81 Points

  Let me say out front that I don't drink much Barbera and have not much liked what I'd tried, including an earlier bottle of this one. On opening, I thought this baby was going to turn me around. A bit of reduction quickly gave way to warm red fruits. Good acid framed a pleasantly sweet mid-palate that had almost a cotton candy nuance, but in a good way. Velvety mouthfeel and a long, consistent finish completed the initial impression. If I had stopped at the first glass, this would have been low 90s, easy. So what's the problem? About an hour after opening, a drying astringency came to the front, crowing out the warm fruits with oak and crippling the finish. By the last third of the bottle, it was drinkable, but that's all.

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  11/13/2008 - Nanda wrote: 92 Points

  Gorgeous, effusive nose of red fruits, tar and smoke. Delicious, racy palate has loads of acidic grip. More tar, smoke, spice and red fruit notes. Oak is well integrated in the long, smokey red fruit finish. Balanced and flavorful. Real nice.

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  10/29/2006 - Jozefs wrote: 92 Points

  On the nose nice red and black fruit, herbs, liquorice and kirsch. Balanced on the palate with a nice equilibrium between delicious frruit, good acidity and structured tannins. Long aftertaste. Less of a blockbuster than some Barbera examples (eg by Rivetti), but more balanced and easier with food. Accessible.

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