Alessandro E Gian Natale Fantino Barbera d'Alba 2020

100% Barbera in sandy clay in Barbera d’Alba, Piedmont. Hand-harvested and fermented with native yeasts. Fermented and aged in a stainless steel tank for eighteen months and aged in bottle for three months before release. Superiore cannot be released until twelve months after harvest.

A serious Barbera that gives Nebbiolo a run for the money, made from 60+ years old vines, a wine with poise and complexity, deep burgundy color, nose smells of smoke, incense, leather, blackberry, black plum, cranberry, and nutmeg, medium to full body with structured and firm tannin, nice balanced acidity with loads of mineral on the palate, tastes of dark chocolate, dried cranberry, black tea, hibiscus and smoked bacon, long finish with mildly spiciness and licorice aftertaste.