Community Tasting Notes 4

• cephomer Likes this wine: 91 points

  August 4, 2021 - Stevie W provided this wine for our blind Xmen tasting this week. I drank the wine over the past two nites. Youthful in appearance, most guessed this wine to be no more than 5 yrs of age. Mostly black fruit and some oak notes on the nose. Medium body, a bit chunky, medium to high acidity, tannins very evident. There's a lot of fruit, primarily black cherries and perhaps some plum, and an earthy quality here. Found it lacking in depth initially, with not much to show in the mid-palate. However, that changed over time. Good concentration of fruit, nice length. An enjoyable wine overall from a good producer.

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• bartgab Likes this wine: 90 points

  March 23, 2021 - Ricche note di frutti rossi e spezie con una nota di cioccolato. Morbido e suadente con un'acidità ben bilanciata. Bel prodotto

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• R Z Likes this wine: 92 points

  December 24, 2020 - Rich, ripe fruit, with a backbone of tannin and licorice. Did not decant, drank over 90 minutes with mixed Italian charcuterie, mozzarella, tomato, roasted peppers. Drinking well now.

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• Brian of Mull Likes this wine: 93 points

  November 12, 2020 - Opened for 2 hours. Color is deep purple / red. On the nose: Red fruits, plums and a hint of sweetness. On the palate: Lucious plum, dark chocolate and licorice. Quite a bit of astringency in the tannins. Good density on mouthfeel. This is a very good Barbara, not in the league of Conterno but also much less expensive.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2016
• Type Red
• Producer La Spinetta (Rivetti)
• Varietal Barbera
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Gallina
• Country Italy
• Region Piedmont
• SubRegion Alba
• Appellation Barbera d'Alba
• UPC Codes 8022252111527, 8022252177028

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• In Cellars 130 (66%)
• Consumed 68 (34%)

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