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2002 Giacomo Conterno Barbera d'Alba Cascina Francia
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2002 Giacomo Conterno Barbera d'Alba Cascina Francia

Producer: Giacomo Conterno
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Barbera
Origin: Italy
Region: Piedmont

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86 Points | International Wine Cellar , November/December 2004

($32) Good dark red. Red and black fruits, with a leathery nuance; more rustic than the 2001. Then a real shock to the palate, with a strong impression of acidity and distinctly dry flavors of blackberry and flowers. This is actually lower in acidity than the 2001 version (6.5 grams, vs. 7) but with much less buffering flesh and depth shows a distinctly tart edge without being particularly fruity.

77 Points | Wine Spectator

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Italy, like France, offers a world of wine styles within a single country: dry Italian white wines ranging from lively and minerally to powerful and full-bodied; cheap and cheerful Italian red wines in both a cooler, northern style and a richer, warmer southern style; structured, powerful reds capable of long aging in bottle; sparkling wines; sweet wines and dessert wines.
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Barbera

Piedmont may be famous for its Nebbiolo-based wines, Barolo and Barbaresco, but the inhabitants of this region in Northwest Italy don't drink these big, tannic wines on an everyday basis. When it comes to a weekday dinner's accompaniment, they usually turn to Barbera (when not drinking the other everyday wine of the region, Dolcetto.) With this in mind, it's no surprise that...
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