2006 Podere Ruggeri Corsini Barbera d'Alba Superiore Armujan

Community Tasting Notes (9) Avg Score: 89.5 points

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  11/12/2012 - Haneypdx Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Decanted for ~1 hour before drinking. Would recommend a bit more time to open, but still drank very well. Dark and inky - nearly black - with wonderful blackberry and woodsy aromas. Smooth texture. Paired well with New York strip steaks and lightly dressed green salads.

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  6/10/2011 - Sellar Rat Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Much better than a year ago - the tannins have really smoothed out. Restrained nose, silky textured palate of berry fruit. Not complex, but well balanced and tasty to drink now.

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  12/4/2010 - BSpdx wrote: 87 Points

  Medium to full bodied Barbera with a nice nose of pine and sage with deep, yet very tart, flavors of cranberry, rasberry and even a little cassis. There's also a touch of licorice and grilled garlic. Nice, long finish, but too tart even for me to give it higher score.

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  9/16/2010 - JeffnCin wrote:

  Nose: tar, black cherries
  Palate: huckleberries, a touch of coffee, cherries. Like most barberas, the tannins are low and acids are high. The acid is enough to get your saliva flowing, but there’s no tongue-cutting acidity here. Light-medium body. This wine is balanced to be a food wine, which isn’t surprising. If you’re eating food, it is just perfect – won’t overwhelm the dish, light and fruity, nice acidity. However, if drinking all by itself, the acidity is probably a bit on the high end and the fruit is a mite subdued.
  Finish: light, but long-lasting.
  With food, we found this to be more fruit-forward. Oddly enough, it was the celery in our salad bowl that really kicked this wine up a notch. Against the celery, this wine became full of fruit and herbs and was really wonderful.

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  8/15/2010 - feffer wrote: 90 Points

  delicious! smooth, rich, good fruit, and dry.

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