Community Tasting Notes 14

• Aravind Asok wrote:

  June 23, 2020 - On the nose: blackberry, mulberry leaf, blueberry, a touch of vanilla. On the palate, excellent acidity, blackberry, mulberry, tangy and very juicy. Attenuated tannin on the juicy finish...much more evolved than my last bottle.

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• Echinosum Likes this wine: 89 points

  November 7, 2019 - This has now got much better, contrary to my earlier prediction, and will probably now drink well for a while. Indeed, I wish I had kept more of it rather than drunk it up fairly quick in the false belief it was was better young and fresh. The fruit has developed most attractively into a more aromatic condition, and filled out the hollowness (what I was calling "over cleaned up") of its earlier youthfulness.

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• Aravind Asok wrote:

  October 3, 2019 - Essentially unchanged since my last btl. Smoky mulberry, black raspberry, maybe some black cherry liqueur. On the palate, good acidity, a touch thinner than the nose suggests, pure black raspberry, with some juicy vaguely bitter notes, like a cucumber peel. A touch savory on the juicy finish.

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• Cikgoo wrote: 88 points

  July 25, 2019 - Still too acidic and overly fruity

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• Echinosum Likes this wine: 87 points

  December 2, 2018 - Already the once persistent deep purple of its youth is turning garnet around the rim. Still has brisk acidity typical of the variety. Lifted red fruits. Barely any sediment, a symptom of the over-thorough clean-up that is normal for this kind of wine. For drinking over the next year or two.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2013
• Type Red
• Producer Elvio Cogno
• Varietal Barbera
• Designation Bricco dei Merli
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Piedmont
• SubRegion Alba
• Appellation Barbera d'Alba
• UPC Code 8033675416137

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• Pending Delivery 1 (1%)
• In Cellars 46 (32%)
• Consumed 95 (67%)

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