Community Tasting Notes 4

• familydoc wrote:

  September 7, 2020 - took a little to open up, cherry and oregano, pretty simple

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• benny-g Likes this wine: 92 points

  August 2, 2020 - This gives an impression of black forrest fruits but with the crispiness of small red berries rendering lovely acidic flavours with floral tones mixed in. My first bottle, some weeks ago gave me that same impression and did confuse me with this black-but-red nature. That one had a band aid smell that did go away after a while; this one is perfect, so it was the bottle.
  This is lively and clean with enough depth and a beautiful balance. As can be expected it is low in tannins. The acids are well integrated.

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• Tim Heaton Likes this wine:

  June 13, 2020 - Good+. Fresh, and bouncy, with good depth to the juicy red/blue fruits. Shows avg typicity/finish, and good balance. There's some complexity that really needs some swirling/air to more fully emerge; good soil, and place notes. A fun, weeknight wine that's certainly built for food. Now, and the next few years. Some nice structural elements, and the overall experience have me liking this more than my rating might suggest. recommended
  
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• benny-g wrote:

  June 7, 2020 - A difficult one. Let me explain. The fruit in this barbera is intense, clear, crisp, complex and even has like an extra red berry / strawberry kick towards the end. It is indeed a lively and refreshingly fruity wine with a good complexity and balance. However, there 's the band aid thing. It will gradually disappear in the hours after opening the bottle, but once I notice it in a bottle, the problem sticks. I dislike this Bret flavour. No rating for this one because of it.
  I know this wine and vintage have been rated favourably by some (not necessarily CT), so I am wondering if this is a matter of different bottles or different individual sensitivities to Bret compounds.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2017
• Type Red
• Producer Pico Maccario
• Varietal Barbera
• Designation Lavignone
• Vineyard n/a
• Country Italy
• Region Piedmont
• SubRegion Asti
• Appellation Barbera d'Asti
• UPC Code 810029015677

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• In Cellars 52 (26%)
• Consumed 147 (74%)

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