Tasting my Barbera Superiore barricato

[Daniele96]

Wine made with Barbera grapes produced in my grandparents farm and aged five years in wooden barrique.

 

[Yooper]

Do you have any impressions of what is great, what is not as great?

 

[Daniele96]

Do you have any impressions of what is great, what is not as great?

Summer in 2013 was very hot but also little rainy so the grapes had been excellent. This type of wine is usually drunk without any aging process but if you make a good job mashing it frequently you can obtain a wine with a good aged taste that is excellent with meat dishes like Fassona Piedmontese loin braised in red wine or some other traditional food like agnolotti (a type of piedmontese ravioli). I think it should be less alcoholic (it has 13,5% of alcohol instead the usually 12/12,5%) but it is due to the temperature of the summer of 2013 when grapes have matured with more of sugar than usual. The taste is dry, full-bodied but unfortunately not very aromatic. All in all it is pleasant.