2003 Michele Chiarlo Barbera d'Asti Superiore Nizza La Court

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 87.7 points

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  10/21/2009 - GreatLibations wrote: 86 Points

  Excellent color extraction. As it opend up more and more aroma is available. I smell the rustic black fruit with mushrooms, cedar, and pretty red berry spice. Medium body with moderate acidity. Dry and bold, very rustic. Cranberry, cassis, a bit of citrus, cigar box. The finish is short and acidic. A good food wine.

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  10/18/2008 - iByron wrote: 85 Points

  Color (5/5): Dark garnet-edged purple. Thin slow legs. Nose (10/15): Good woody cherry with some dark spices. Palate/Finish (12/20): Dark cherry with dark chocolate. Soft tannins on the finish with some bitter coffee chicory at the end. Good development over the evening. Eight days later, the tannins were still in place and the wine held up to its original opening. Potential/Quality (8/10): Good structure lets it keep after opening. Not so sure there's much there for long term development however. Still, has a lt going for it for a Barbera d'Asti (probably why it gets the "Superiore Nizza" tag). Very nice.

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  5/11/2008 - Lorien wrote: 79 Points

  reasonable . wish it has a little more complexity and character.

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  11/19/2007 - bsherwin wrote:

  Autumn in Piedmont in NYC (Uva): It's not often you see a Barbera d'Asti striving for elegence, but this one does and almost succeeds. It lacks the rusticity and fleshiness of BdA, but it doesn't quite shed it's ruggedness. The trick here seems to be to use the tannin for structure around black, slightly sour fruit. It had a nice acidity that tied it together. Certainly a good wine for every day Italian food.

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  4/1/2007 - jrglm wrote: 91 Points

  I was greeted with a rich nose of fruit and earth on the first glass. There was some (but not a lot) oak on the palate, enough to give this a classic mouthfeel to the wine. Blackberries and earth were dominant throughout. A very nice, smooth finish as well.

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