2006 Tranche Cellars Barbera

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 88.5 points

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  1/11/2015 - SeaWine Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Not an especially complex wine to begin with, I had lowered expectations for this, my last bottle... but I was pleasantly surprised, as this was just plain delicious. I preferred it to the 2010 version I've tasted a couple times in the last year.
  
  * Day 1: Great cherry flavor and just hints of the leather. (The dusty tannins and much more noticeable leather of from a 2012 tasting had lent it a pleasing mouthfeel which was missing here, but had blended smoothly into the background.) Nicely balanced acidity - enough to go well with food, and not so much to detract from leisurely enjoying a half-glass after dinner.
  * Day 2: Still present with sufficient freshness and classic Barbera notes to sip and savor.
  * Day 3: Had enough fruit and acidity left to make the last glass enjoyable.
  
  Overall, 89-90.

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  8/2/2014 - SeaWine Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Consistent with previous notes. 88-89.

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  2/16/2014 - SeaWine Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Delicious Barbera - about as good as the last bottle, but not as good as I once remembered it.

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  11/10/2013 - SeaWine Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Solid domestic Barbera and better than many Italian Barberas I've had in the same price range. Not quite as good as the last bottle we had more than a year ago. (89-90 now, would have rated previous bottle slightly higher.) Suspect that the peak has arrived. A little less "rustic" than I remember this new world wine was previously.

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  2/1/2013 - VinLancaster wrote: 89 Points

  Consistent with prior notes; this wine continues to impress with new world fruit and old world nuances. Nicely balanced fruit, earth and minerality with a deep penetrating finish. Paired nicely with Italian fare.

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