The 2015 Barbera d'Alba Ciabot du Re has captured so much of the sunshine and the summer heat that characterizes this vintage. Barbera has an amazing ability to do just that. This is a soft and succulent wine that is bursting with black fruit flavors of prune, blackberry and Morello cherry. The wine supports powerful alcohol (measured at 15.5%) but you feel it most as the wine warms in the glass.