Always looking for a decent California Barbera, this one has some merit, but doesn't quite get there. It has that ripe, dark, early harvest, almost jammy (as opposed to mature) blueberry fruit. It just does not have any backbone holding up that 14.5% alcohol, which overpowers everything. Not awful, but certainly not inspiring.
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4/26/2010 - Seanclay wrote: 75 Points
Huge discrepancy between the two bottles we tried. The first one was passable, the second one was awful.
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1/7/2010 - Mike Kopanski wrote: 83 Points
Always looking for a decent California Barbera, this one has some merit, but doesn't quite get there. It has that ripe, dark, early harvest, almost jammy (as opposed to mature) blueberry fruit. It just does not have any backbone holding up that 14.5% alcohol, which overpowers everything. Not awful, but certainly not inspiring.
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