2012 Agricola Punica Barrua

Community Tasting Notes (36) Avg Score: 90.9 points

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  3/10/2023 - cvst Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Inviting nose of wild strawberries with a herbal note, maybe mint of some kind. On the palate bright red fruit, strawberries, dried red currant, candy and compote with some soil and a meaty aftertaste. Tannins are well integrated and the wine drinks very smoothly

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  9/23/2022 - ftorrisi wrote: 94 Points

  Vertical degustation of Barrua with Friends. Lineup: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015. Results: 2012 first ranked, 2010 second, 2015 third. 2011 was unfortunately corked.
  
  2015, a very good wine by any token and also the one that all tried as first, some thought it was too young, some thought it had less french grapes in the mix (that at least on the official web site is not disclosed). The only one where I could taste myrtle. 91 pts.
  
  2010, Superior to the 2015, more round, probably due to the age. It started showing signs of having reached its peak, still I would not hurry if I still had in store. I liked the well matured tannins. 93 pts.
  
  2012, By far the be best of the lot. I still wonder if it was only a particularly good vintage, cellar maturation or the wine makers did put additional attention on the 10-years jubilee edition. Fruit still very crisp, soft and well ripened tannins. 94 pts.
  
  Overall very consistent tasting profile of red fruits, liquorice, spices. Great quality. For the overall bottles that I tried, one corked is acceptable, pity I did not have a second 2011 to try in the same context.

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  6/29/2022 - LibaLibera wrote: 85 Points

  It’s on the overly alcohol side, having passed its peak.

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  5/1/2022 - ftorrisi wrote: 92 Points

  See my previous tasting notes. I can now confirm that the cork issue observed in Dec was an isolated problem and this bottle was perfect as all the others I tried.

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  2/15/2022 - JCMenendez wrote: 91 Points

  No notes... just a really solid Italian wine.

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