Dark in color, with amazing aromas of crushed blackberry and blueberry. Full-bodied, with soft, velvety tannins and loads of fruit. Powerful and rich. Drink now. 1,600 cases made, 350 cases imported.??–JS??Region: Italy / Piedmont / Barbera d'Alba Select to Add

Here’s a Barbera d’Alba that is almost too much of a good thing. The wine is black and dense with inky concentration and thick aromas of smoked bacon, beef jerky and black fruit. You’ll also recognize tones of moist earth and wild mushroom. The fruit seems on the ripe and jammy side and the wine is smooth and thick in the mouth.——M.L.(9/1/2010)—— 87