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Castello di Neive Mattarello Barbera d'Alba DOC 2006

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Winery:
Castello di Neive
Varietal:
Barbera
Region:
Italy > Piemonte > Barbaresco > Neive
Type:
Red Wine
Drink Dates:
Drink Now - 2014
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User Tags:  open, sour cherries, earthy, burned, smoky, chemical, smokey, sour cherry, rich, decant 


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What to Expect

Barbaresco is a wine that shares much with its close neighbor Barolo. Both are made with the Nebbiolo grape and from nearly contiguous plots of vines in Piedmont. The slightly warmer climate of Barbaresco, and resulting earlier harvest, makes these wines a touch lighter and less complex than Barolo, if more elegant and earlier maturing. They share much the same flavor profile with their siblings though tend to be less intense.

Winemakers Notes

Tasting

Colour: Very intense ruby red with tendency to garnet

Nose: Very intense and complex, with a ripe berry and red fruit aroma with a hint of cocoa and Piedmontese hazelnut

Taste: full body, high alcohol and acidity, well structured and balanced, with great personality

Suggestion

Serving temperature: 18 - 19 °C

Matching foods : Sliced meats salami and ham, roast meats

Potential ageing: Up to 10 years and more in the case of the best vintages

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Snooth User: penguinoid
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A very rich, earthy, smoky, tannic wine with lots of beautiful sour cherry. Nose was of sour cherry.

Needs to be decanted or left open for some time -- tannins were too fierce when first opened but softened with time. Some smell of cranberries and dark berries when first opened.

Note that it's very strong -- 14.5% alcohol.


May 2009

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