Barbera d'Alba "Scudetto", G. Mascarello

Barbera d'Alba "Scudetto", G. Mascarello - 2020

750 mL
Item # 47522

From the famed traditional producer who uses Slavonian botti for aging the wines, this single vineyard Barbera is a special bottling indeed. Deeply colored, full-bodied, and with great concentration, this is a structured and savory dry red. Scudetto means shield, and reflects the vineyard's shape. Pair with Bollito Misto.
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Color
Red
Vintage
2020
Country
Italy
Region
Piedmont
Sub-Region
Alba
Producer
Giuseppe Mascarello
Grape Variety
Barbera
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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 notes of strawberry, cherry, and pink peppercorn. The red Freisa is vinified in a variety of styles:...

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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 associated with Barbera (for good reason) are the Alba and Asti DOCs, which consistently produce...

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