Barbera wines from Piedmont are usually quite light in style but in the hands of the Pietro Rinaldi winery, Barbera becomes an awesomely big wine. This is a dense purple-coloured wine with an intense bouquet of black fruits and vanilla oak; rich and spicy on the palate, it really fills the mouth with oodles of juicy fruit. You won’t taste another Barbera d’Asti like it.
Not as opulent as some previous vintages but this brooding beauty offers savoury and floral notes on the nose, opening on the palate to an elegant and seamless cornucopia of flavours: currants, cherries, plums, roasted herbs and spices with a thread of minerality. Hold for five years.
Very pale in colour with a green tint. An attractive nose of sweet orange blossom and honey. Very light on the palate (only 5% alcohol) with honey and melon flavours. Very easy drinking.
One of the best examples of this grape variety I’ve tasted. It’s dense purple in colour with a minerally cherry nose with creamy oak. Medium-bodied, it has a rustic black cherry flavour with lively acidity. Works well with hearty winter casseroles.
A beautifully made wine with rich flavours of apple, caramel and lemon, dressed lightly in oak. Full on the palate and seamless. Worth every penny of its price.