Barbera Superiore, Filippo Gallino

Barbera Superiore, Filippo Gallino - 2012

Item # 37000 750mL
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Color
Red
Vintage
2012
Country
Italy
Region
Piedmont
Sub-Region
Alba
Producer
Filippo Gallino
Grape Variety
Barbera
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Tasting Notes

Quite a different style of Barbera and a Superiore that the Filippo Gallino winery just started making in 2004. Very gourmand on the palate in the sense this tastes much more serious and has a greater extraction of fruit and tannin. Aged a couple of years in mostly used French oak casks. If you're a fan of unctuous, overtly fruited reds with structure, give this a try. The Filippo Gallino estate is located in the Roero area of Piedmont and has been making wine for seven generations.
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Astor's Glossary of Terms

Piedmont

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

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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