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Barbera d’ Alba Surperiore DOC is known for its deep color, low tannins and high levels of acidity. Ruby red in color, fragrant, gentle and harmonious flavors of cherries, blueberries and raspberries. - Ruby red with purple and garnet reflections accompanied by the slight scent of black raspberries and cherries with a background of vanilla. Ethereal with good structure. Full bodied, austere and concentrated with a good balance of acidity and tannin. Pairs well with braised or roasted meats, wild game, seasoned and strong cheeses.
- Garnet red with red with orange color reflections followed by an intense aroma that has evolved to have impressions of violet and delicate perfumes of dry fruit, finishing in an ethereal bouquet. Pleasingly harmonious offering a sensation of fullness on the palate and lasting austerity. Pairs well with braised meats, wild game, and aged cheese .
- Palladio's Nebbiolo d’Alba is fermented in stainless steel vats for a period of 18 days, stirring the must frequently. Then aged in Solvonian Oak. A lightly colored red wine which can be highly tannin in youth with scents of tar and roses. Lean harmonious, good structure with impressions of violets and raspberries. Dry full bodied and velvety.
- Medium ruby color; deep, complex, rich aromas of red cherry and cola with some nice earthy notes. Rich, ripe, bright red cherry flavors with earthy, cola notes; silky texture; good structure and balance with a lovely long finish. This is a rich and silky Pinot with bright fruit and nice length, delicious and perfect for grilled chicken.
- Deep ruby color opens to a very aromatic nose of black cherry, cola and toast. Sweet black cherries, cranberries carries through to a mid pallet that is very velvety with notes of minerals and toast. Well balanced with a very long complex and fruit driven finish. Pinot that is amazing to drink all by itself. Wow, this is really tasty.
- Medium-deep ruby color; intense red cherry and spicy aromas; ripe, bright red cherry flavors with layered spice notes; silky texture; sweet oak; good structure and balance; long finish. Intense and spicy Pinot with layers of great flavor.
- Dark garnet in color. Fresh an lively, with juicy wild berry, raspberry and loganberry. This is firm, structured and full-bodied, gaining velocity and depth. Ends with a pretty touch of baked berry pie and red and black licorice notes.
- Medium ruby color. Spicy berry, white pepper with lovely hints of toast on the nose. Jammy black berry, raspberry liveliness with a toasty, peppery seductive finish that has great acidity and balance.
- It is deep garnet in color with an intense note of blueberry. Layers of blueberry, strawberry and raspberry notes and a well-structured mouthfeel make for a very happy palate. The finish is long and satisfying with mouth-watering fine tannins.
- Vivid medium red. High-pitched red berry and floral aromas are complemented by deeper notes of anise and black cardamom. Sappy and precise, with deep raspberry and bitter cherry flavors and a sexy rose pastille quality. Fine-grained tannins add shape and grip to the long, spicy, energetic finish. I'd bet that this very well-balanced wine will reward at least another five years of aging
- Vivid ruby-red. Spicy red berries, herbs and Asian spices on the nose. Fresh and juicy, with energetic redcurrant and raspberry flavors underscored by smoky minerals. Shows impressive energy and structure, finishing clean and brisk, with slow-building tannins and lingering sweetness.
- Tannins, even at this stage of the games, are dense and give the wine a brooding sort of nature that belies the relative youth of the vines from which it comes. This bottling is going to have a serious sense of pizzazz. The fruit is wonderfully ripe without being out of balance at all. The tannins are large-scale in some instances but, again, they are perfectly within context of the fruit intensity and acidity of the wine. This is large-scale stuff but it is in no way any sort of fruit-bomb.
- Unique, excellent and never very much of them. Nuanced to a fault. Has a seamless nature to it while incorporating a wide-range of fruits and spices. Stronger finishing tannins than normal give it a gutsy gloss to the texture.
- Deep red. Intense blackberry and cherry aromas are complicated by notes of anise, sassafras and smoky minerals. Plush, expansive dark berry flavors show an attractive pliancy and pick up a touch of bitter cherry with air. Fine-grained tannins add shape and grip to a long, mineral-accented finish. This drinks very well now but has the depth to suggest patience will be repaid.
- Earthy character and more a tannic structure than their other Pinot noirs. It has a wonderful mingling of pure red cherries, raspberries, that particular Dundee Hill spice along with an earthy undertone that fills in the wine giving it great dimension without adding to the mass of the wine. This is a bit of a sexy beast of wine that will have power and swagger in its youth and evolve into something exotic and complex with bottle age.
- Dark garnet. This needs a ton of air. Once open, it shows a complex & alluring nose with earthy/truffle & rhubarb aromatics. Loads of acidic structure. Some cherry & mushroom notes emerge as it breathes. Very clean & fresh mouthfeel accents the medium body.
- The wine is exceptionally dark in color, has intense aromatics that mingle the ripe fruit characteristics of the vintage, the darker, brooding qualities of the site and the wonderful traits that whole cluster fermentation brings both aromatically and texturally. This is a fun, jumpy, rich and muscular wine that should show well in its youth but has the balance to be an excellent cellaring Pinot Noir.
- This Pinot noir shows the alluring characteristics of cool-climate Pinot, with fruit and savory components playing off each other, all wrapped in an elegant package. Earth, spice, leather, tobacco, and coconut meld with red fruits to create a complex and exotic aromatic profile. In the mouth, this wine has more power than one might expect from a cooler vintage. Notes of earth, dark plum, and black pepper grace the palate. Sweet fruit and well integrated soft tannins create the backbone for this wine’s smooth and silky finish.
- Excellent nose and structure. Seeming lack of fruit, neither red nor black. A lot of dust, forest floor, dirt is what I noticed. Acid is there but not strong...firm tannins that coat your mouth.
- Lean and brightly red-fruited, this Pinot carries both herbal and spice pungency into a juicy, brisk but impressively sustained finish, with - as one often witnesses in this vintage - the marrowy meaty dimension supplying what sense of richness is present.
