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Barbaresco

Barbaresco · Italy

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roasted meats · pasta with meat sauce · aged cheeses · mushroom risotto

201187 pts

Bright red berry and violet aromas lead off this soft, medium-bodied red. The palate offers dark cherry and a whiff of white pepper alongside round tannins. It's already accessible so enjoy soon. Drink through 2017.
200990 pts

Elegant and nuanced, this opens with ethereal layers of dried fruit, leather, spice and black licorice. There's a taut firmness to the finish that should soften as the tannins mature over the next 5–10 years. Very nice.
200888 pts

Here's a cheerful but simple expression of Nebbiolo that opens with aromas of leather, dried fruit, earth and crushed white pepper. The tannins are smooth, fine and silky.