1997 Giuseppe Contratto Barbera d'Asti Solus Ad

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 88.8 points

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  8/16/2017 - JuliannaDHS wrote: 88 Points

  This was light to medium bodied with plenty of acidity and still some noticeable tannins. Fading fruit flavors of cherry, raspberry along with some iron and earth.

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  5/21/2017 - Joshuarion Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Tasty but oddly without acidity or tannin. Unfamiliar with the producer. Not sure if this is on the decline or not.
  
  Faint cherries, lots of iron/minerality... Could've mistaken this for a new-world aged pinot noir.

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  4/22/2017 - BrunelloBob wrote: 89 Points

  Auction purchase, Winebid. First off, the bottle should come with its front label unless the description says "NO Front Label". Yes, I only paid $25 for this wine, but a missing label is significant and not hard to document. And No, the label didn't fall off in the shipping case. That said, the wine was pleasant. PnP. Nice red fruit--cherry and raspberry-- resolves gradually to chocolate and coffee early. Unfortunately, that complexity falls apart after about an hour in a re-corked bottle. Still pleasant through hour 3 or 4, but the first hour is where you want to be drinking. 89-

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