Cantina del Pino Albesani Barbaresco Nebbiolo 2011

$49

GUARANTEED BEST PROVENANCE: IMPORTED BY AIR FROM ITALY AND STOCKED IN CALIFORNIA Barbaresco is overshadowed by Gaja and the massive portfolio of Produttori del Barbaresco, but there are some superb smaller producers playing at the same level as the biggies. Renato at Cantina del Pino knows how to craft some big, beautiful Barbareschi. His Albesani 2011 is elegant, full bodied and bursting with red cherry compote, currants and black plums. On the finish there's a savory minerality that's wonderfully pleasing. This is a tasty Barbaresco at a great price point.

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Red Wine
Barbaresco, Cuneo, Piedmont, Italy
Nebbiolo
750ml
Lamb, Goose, Potato, Baking Spices, Beans & Peas, Hard Cheese, Turkey, Beef, Pasta, Salami & Prosciutto, Tomato-Based, Soft Cheese, Chicken, Veal, White Rice, Herbs, Mushrooms, Pungent Cheese, Pork, Game, Exotic Spices, Chili & Hot Spicy, Duck, Onion, Shallot, Garlic

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Wine Buyer Kroger/QFC

Even better than the 2012

Even better than the 2012

9.0

Garret Nagle

This is a decent wine that could have been so much more but in an excessively hot year, the wine is out of balance lacking acid, trademark dried floral aromatics, and has overripe fruit that is cloying on the palate with alcohol flabbiness. Archetypal Nebbiolo usually has a floral and dried red fruit component, not baked/preserved red fruit. Needs some angularity and finesse. A shame the sun over baked this fruit I payed $50 for. Still some nice leather, eucalyptus and star anise notes coming through but it's more like a Brunello due to its hot and juicy lusciousness.

This is a decent wine that could have been so much more but in an excessively hot year, the wine is out of balance lacking acid, trademark dried floral aromatics, and has overripe fruit that is cloying on the palate with alcohol flabbiness. Archetypal Nebbiolo usually has a floral and dried red fruit component, not baked/preserved red fruit. Needs some angularity and finesse. A shame the sun over baked this fruit I payed $50 for. Still some nice leather, eucalyptus and star anise notes coming through but it's more like a Brunello due to its hot and juicy lusciousness.

8.9

Rashed Chowdhury

Such a nice balance of fruit and tannins.

Such a nice balance of fruit and tannins.

9.3

Rachel Digiulio

Perfect for pasta ! Light fruits easy to drink !

Perfect for pasta ! Light fruits easy to drink !

9.5

Jeffrey Montesano

Red tart fruit, caramel nose, vanilla, well balanced and moderate, tobacco

Red tart fruit, caramel nose, vanilla, well balanced and moderate, tobacco

8.9

Carl Panczak

Lovely

Lovely

9.2

Amie Brown

Elegant finish after long opening, superb! #piedmontwines #barbareso

Elegant finish after long opening, superb! #piedmontwines #barbareso

9.3

JKT

Wow elegance and finesse. Long great finish. Gordons tasting #9

Wow elegance and finesse. Long great finish. Gordons tasting #9

9.2

D Bender

Very well made, fine tannins, complete, red fruit, seamless, supple, elegant, feminine, simplistic but very nice.

Very well made, fine tannins, complete, red fruit, seamless, supple, elegant, feminine, simplistic but very nice.

9.1

Austen Ito

Pronounced aromatics. Cherries and sweet spices. Cloves, leather, tobacco. Medium plus tannin and acid. Medium bodied. Drinking great right now.

Pronounced aromatics. Cherries and sweet spices. Cloves, leather, tobacco. Medium plus tannin and acid. Medium bodied. Drinking great right now.

9.2
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