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Community Tasting Notes 23
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afields wrote:
February 21, 2023 - Good structure and aromatics for the price but this is just too big, hot, and sunscorched-ripe for me. I’m glad I only bought a handful of Piedmont/Tuscany 2017s because that handful has been enough to know this vintage isn’t for me.
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rikipedia Likes this wine: 90 points
January 3, 2023 - Deep purple, the nose is alive with ripe morello cherry, ripe blackberry, iris flowers, raspberry, Szechuan pepper and an iron filling note.
The entry is hard with a firm acid and metallic, stony note but slowly opens to reveal a more juicy core with cherry flesh, blue flowers, frozen berries, spice and a twist of liquorice.
The wine exhibits lovely concentration, and vibrant, crunchy acidity giving a gum-clenching texture as the acid runs right through this wine. The tannins are dense and thick, and the finish is long with a nicely balanced alcohol. Excellent with our pizza! -
OhioFan07 wrote: 89 points
March 26, 2022 - Nice Barbera!! A bit more full bodied than most and some of the earthier notes shine here. More muted cherry on the palette with underlying floral stones grounded in a mineraly-ness.
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mat600 wrote: 91 points
January 24, 2022 - Vin avec encore une belle acidité. C'est long en bouche avec des notes de cerise à l'eau de vie. Très bon avec le canard. 91 sur 100.
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VinoMomNola Likes this wine: 90 points
December 18, 2021 - I think this bottle might have been peaking when I tasted it this time around. It was SO juicy and concentrated. I've enjoyed it every time but it felt different and flourishing.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2017
- Type Red
- Producer G.D. Vajra
- Varietal Barbera
- Designation n/a
- Vineyard n/a
- Country Italy
- Region Piedmont
- SubRegion Alba
- Appellation Barbera d'Alba
- UPC Code 695798114253
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 126 (30%)
- Consumed 291 (70%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
but not too acidic, Italian meats, spicy Italian cuisineWho Likes This Wine
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- ProducerG.D. Vajra
- VarietyBarbera
- CountryItaly
- RegionPiedmont
- SubRegionAlba
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