2005 La Spinetta/Giorgio Rivetti Barbera d'Asti Ca' di Pian

Average Price: $22.31

Style:	Red Wine
Grape Type:	Barbera What is Barbera?
Region:	Piedmont About Wine from Piedmont

ST 90

WS 86

RP 87

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About La Spinetta/Giorgio Rivetti

Giorgio Rivetti makes some of the flashiest and most popular modern, barrique-aged Barbarescos, as well as a Barolo from his holding just south of Alba, where he has constructed an airy, modern winery at the foot of his vineyard. The house style of big, rich, densely flavor... more

Expert Reviews

Rated: 90 by Stephen Tanzer, Nov/Dec 07

Stephen Tanzer's International Wine Cellar

Good deep ruby. Blackberry, violet and bitter chocolate on the nose. Wonderfully sweet, sappy and full, with superb acidity giving life to this very rich, chocolatey wine. Sexy oak complements the wine's fruit. The quality of this wine is on the upswing, as most of Rivetti's best Asti barbera now goes into this bottling. Previously the old-vines juice went into a Superiore, but now Rivetti does a separate Superiore bottling entirely from his new vineyard, Bionzo.