LiQuery - Pio Cesare Barbera D'alba 2017

Item:	938886
Size:	750 mL (25.4 oz)
Type:	2017 VINTAGES
Release Date:	2019-09-17
Producer:	Pio Cesare
Location:	Italy - Piedmont
Price:	$26.95 Price History
Style:	Red Wine Medium-bodied & Fruity
Alcohol:	14.0%
Varietal:	Barbera
Sugar Code:	XD (3.0 g/L)
Rating:	90
Glass Style:	Shiraz/Syrah

Description
Pio Cesare takes as much care in the production of their Barbera wines as they do with their Barolos. In fact, the winery feels that their Barbera is different from other Piedmontese versions because the grapes are grown right beside the Nebbiolo used to make their Barolo. Enjoy this quality wine with a selection of Italian cheeses, or with veal in a truffle-and-mushroom sauce.

Tasting Notes
Good full, deep red. Superripe plum, dark chocolate, spicecake and black olive on the rather modern nose. Generous, pliant and sweet, with rich dark fruit and chocolate flavors complicated by saline minerality and a hint of olive tapenade. Harmonious acidity and fine-grained tannins lengthen this smooth wine's finish. Nuanced and interesting barbera. Score - 90. (Stephen Tanzer, International Wine Cellar, Nov./Dec. 2013)

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