2013 Bruno Giacosa Barbera d'Alba

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 88.7 points

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  9/18/2021 - Fruitsrouges Likes this wine: 89 Points

  PNP. Fully evolved wine with pleasant aromas and flavors of black cherry and forest floor with light notes of tar. VG structure featuring elevated acidity and fine, fully resolved tannins making for a food friendly wine that paired well with grilled tuna steak.

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  7/8/2021 - jshufelt wrote: 91 Points

  Pop and pour. In the glass, orange-tinted pink at the rim, shading quickly to dark maroon at the core. On the nose, dark fruit, potpourri, and a bit of vanilla. On the palate, sour cherries and sweet plums fight it out, with secondary notes of anise, vanilla, and fresh ground pepper, leading to a relatively short tangy finish. If I hadn't had this with roast veg, pasta, and meatballs, I don't think I would have enjoyed it as much - food cancels out some of the sourness, allowing the secondary notes to shine a bit more brightly.

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  12/18/2020 - FjordogFjell wrote: 91 Points

  PnP varm og intens vanilje lukt. Særegen litt mørk frukt med kirsebær ingen tanniner , klar syre som sitter lenge. 2. glass etter 1 time. Nesten ufin nese og litt klabbete frukt. 2 timer: ny vin igjen, nydelig barbera frukt, kirsebær, kløver og svette

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  7/30/2018 - ohne_musik wrote: 87 Points

  Interesting wine, not what I was expecting at all. High acid, for sure, but dark fruited, dark funked, musky fruited (muskmelon? Papaya? Jackfruit?), decomposing leaves, a bit of red and black licorice, loads of white pepper, and vanilla. pretty hollow on the mid palate and finish, which prevents it from getting a higher score.
  
  Day 2: more perfume, dried flowers and now a bit of blackberry liquor. Still a very clipped finish.

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  1/13/2018 - cartey Likes this wine: 91 Points

  I liked this much more than Vietti's Barbera Tre Vigne.

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