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Barbera d'Alba Superiore

8.620 ratings
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Alba, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
Barbera
Duck, Goose, Game, Chili & Hot Spicy, Turkey, Mushrooms, Chicken, Tomato-Based, Pork, Venison, Potato, Pasta, Baking Spices, Beans & Peas, Pungent Cheese, Hard Cheese, White Rice, Exotic Spices, Soft Cheese, Herbs, Veal, Salami & Prosciutto, Onion, Shallot, Garlic
Top Notes For
David Snyder

Give it two hours. Needs a long time.

Give it two hours. Needs a long time.

1 person found it helpfulNov 26th, 2014
Gabrielle Micheletti

Very Barbera typical profile, at least from Alba. Vinously purple tinged, dark fruit, somewhat elevated alcohol so thankfully the Superiore structure gives those good bones.

Very Barbera typical profile, at least from Alba. Vinously purple tinged, dark fruit, somewhat elevated alcohol so thankfully the Superiore structure gives those good bones.

Apr 29th, 2018
Barry Shailes

Had this at Petrarchan. Full bodied, strong sweet flavour.

Had this at Petrarchan. Full bodied, strong sweet flavour.

Jul 11th, 2022
Willem Jan Withagen

Cherries, leather bayleaf and mint. Woody vanilla. Not too much acids. Smooth wine

Cherries, leather bayleaf and mint. Woody vanilla. Not too much acids. Smooth wine

May 10th, 2018
Susan Higson

Pretty good. Needs some time to breathe and food with it

Pretty good. Needs some time to breathe and food with it

Feb 25th, 2016
Emma Lowry

Thanks David Snyder for the advice. It really improved .... But needed the 2 hours.

Thanks David Snyder for the advice. It really improved .... But needed the 2 hours.

Apr 3rd, 2015
Sunil Parthasarathy

Sunil had this 5 years ago

Sunil had this 5 years ago

Mar 5th, 2019
roland benedetti

roland had this 6 years ago

roland had this 6 years ago

Jul 22nd, 2018
Dennis Wolff

Dennis had this 7 years ago

Dennis had this 7 years ago

Aug 16th, 2017
Michal Kukla

Michal had this 7 years ago

Michal had this 7 years ago

Jul 2nd, 2017