2013 Fratelli Barba Montepulciano d'Abruzzo I Vasari Old Vines

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 86.9 points

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  1/10/2020 - mitiman2003 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  This tasty Montepulciano is reddish-purple in the glass, with dense appearance. Aromas of blackberries, spice,and smoke. Dark fruit flavors, including blackberries, plums, and subtle smoky notes. Well-balanced after brief decanting. Firm structure holds well with flavorful meats — Italian sausage, pizza, etc.

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  7/9/2018 - GasperTheWineGuy Likes this wine: 87 Points

  Blueberry, nice acidity, and unexpected but welcome tannin on the finish. Great pizza wine.

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  3/15/2018 - Boosf Does not like this wine: 80 Points

  It was a bit harsh - tannic and flavorless. I tried to let it develop some aromas but wasn't successful. For the price, I was not impressed. I've tasted better at a much more affordable price.

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  12/17/2017 - Endodr wrote: 86 Points

  Given to me as a Christmas gift. Opened and poured immediately. Old Wold styled wine. Initially very scant nose, but eventually opened up with aromas of black/blue fruit. Again, first tasted harsh, with overwhelming heat, tannins and scant fruit. Eventually, flavors of blackberries and cherry, along with heavy oak developed. Not a balanced or well integrated wine, too much tannin, oak, and acidity. Second day was similar. Maybe additional cellaring will help.

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  11/25/2017 - coal9 wrote: 87 Points

  Nice bouquet of red fruit against a vanilla background, with perhaps a hint of blueberry. Good legs. There was cherry and currant on the front palate. However, the tannins were not well-integrated, the acidity was out-of-balance to the light side, and the alcohol stepped on the cherry finish, mostly ruining the promising beginning. This weakness regarding the finish was more difficult to discern when this wine was paired with food. I tasted this at a store tasting, but I did not pick up on this flaw at the time. Unfortunate that a wine with such promise left me unsatisfied in the end.

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