Barbera d'Alba "Fisetta", Ciabot Berton - 2017
Item # 40127
750mL
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$15.96
$11.96 / Single Bottle
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$191.52
$129.17/ Case of 12
Tasting Notes
A luscious Barbera from vines planted in clay and chalk-based soils. The fresh yet fruit-driven profile is full of pure berried fruit. The grapes were hand-harvested then macerated on the skins for about a week. Unoaked.
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The most famous grape in Piedmont is the noble Nebbiolo, which makes the long-lived Barolo and Barbaresco. There are plenty of Nebbiolo-based wines that are quite enjoyable in their youth, however, often produced in smaller, lesser-known regions such as Ghemme or Gattinara. Several other Piedmontese grapes make striking and delicious wines: Pelaverga produces light-colored reds with distinctive...
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Barbera is grown all over Italy, but the best examples of this red grape come from Piedmont, where it is made into all manner of wines - from easy-drinking quaffers to serious, cellar-worthy bottlings. Wherever they fall on the spectrum of stodginess, however, they are generally ruby-colored, full-bodied, and highly acidic, with remarkably low levels of tannins. The areas that are most strongly...
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