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| Drinking window: Drink between 2011 and 2013 (based on 3 user opinions) |
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| Community Tasting Notes (average 87 pts. and median of 86 pts. in 4 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by wineyum on 5/22/2012 & rated 86 points: Deep garnet color; medium intensity in smell- smells great; aromas of black fruit and pepper; dry; low to medium acidity; no bitterness; flavors of cherry, blackberry; light tannins; medium body. This is a very smooth, pleasant drinking wine. Enjoyed without food. Solid QPR.
ONE HOUR UPDATE: Came back to my glass after a one hour walk with my daughter- Wow, definitely recommend decanting this. Wine developed a deep, warm, earthy taste. Now has a woody, barnyard aroma. Flavors have melded and deepened, finish is now long. Cherry flavor is very pronounced. Would now describe as medium/full body. Upped the rating two points. (954 views) | | | Tasted by BlackIce on 5/18/2012 & rated 86 points: While I believe this may have been cooked as there were leaks from the cork, this was actually somewhat ok. Nose: raisiny which confirms my cooked thesis. But the taste (confirmed by others) was actually nothing like the nose. A bit of spiciness with sweetness. The 15.2% alcohol makes it seem almost port like but taste does not necessarily reflect the alcohol %. (886 views) | | | Tasted by boylan on 5/1/2012 & rated 89 points: Great aroma. Great fruit. Cherries, menthol, bit of mustiness that dissipated as the wine opened up. Really nice mouth feel, mild tannins. 15% alcohol but I won't say it tastes hot. Would buy more. (917 views) |
| Lang Wines Producer websiteBarbera Varietal character (Appellation America)
Varietal character (Wikipedia German)
Varietal character (Wikipedia English)
Barbera is a red wine variety, originally from Italy, which is best known as the second-most important Piedmontese variety after Nebbiolo. The wines made of this grape are mainly the everyday drinking wines of the region. The main appellations producing Barbera are Asti and Alba.
Barbera - The most widely grown red wine grape of Piedmont and Southern Lombardy, most famously around the towns of Asti and Alba, and Pavia. The wines of Barbera were once simply "what you drank while waiting for the Barolo to be ready." With a new generation of wine makers, this is no longer the case. The wines are now meticulously vinified, aged Barbera gets the name "Barbera Superiore" (Superior Barbera), sometimes aged in French barrique becoming "Barbera Barricato", and intended for the international market. The wine has bright cherry fruit, a very dark color, and a food-friendly acidity.USAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Sierra FoothillsAmador |
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