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Label borrowed from 1998
Community Tasting Notes 3
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JuliannaDHS wrote: 88 points
August 16, 2017 - 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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Joshuarion Likes this wine: 88 points
May 21, 2017 - 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. -
BrunelloBob wrote: 89 points
April 22, 2017 - 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-
Wine Definition
- Vintage 1997
- Type Red
- Producer Giuseppe Contratto
- Varietal Barbera
- Designation Solus Ad
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Italy
- Region Piedmont
- SubRegion Asti
- Appellation Barbera d'Asti
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 1 (7%)
- In Cellars 7 (50%)
- Consumed 6 (43%)
Food Pairing
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- RegionPiedmont
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