2022 Barbera d'Alba Superiore

2022 Barbera d'Alba Superiore

Vendor
Elio Sandri
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$450 / 6-Pack
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Type: Red 

Grape variety: Barbera

Vintage: 2022

Country: Italy

Region: Piedmont

Elio re-planted a Nebbiolo vineyard with 1,200 Barbera vines in 1996, in addition to 700 vines planted in 1945 on the Surì Disa hill, as he felt the terroir suited Barbera better. This wine is aged for eight months in Slavonian oak barrels, and after bottling at least for another six months before release. The final Barbera d'Alba Superiore offers a very intense colour, and elegant aromas of blackcurrant and spicy dark chocolate. It is a fresh wine, with the tannins to balance the fruitiness and give it weight and structure.

"The 2022 Barbera d'Alba Superiore is juicy, forward and quite supple, yet also retains a good bit of freshness and the structure that is so typical of the wines here. Sweet plum, blood orange, mint and rose petal build into the caressing finish. The 2022 is beautifully done. Drinking window: 2024-2030."
91-93 pts, Antonio Galloni, Vinous, November 2023