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2009 Giuseppe Mascarello e Figlio Barbera d'Alba Superiore Santo Stefano di Perno
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2009 Giuseppe Mascarello e Figlio Barbera d'Alba Superiore Santo Stefano di Perno

Producer: Giuseppe Mascarello e Figlio
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Barbera
Origin: Italy
Region: Piedmont

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90(+?) Points | International Wine Cellar , November/December 2011

(from 25-year-old vines on the same hillside in Monforte as the dolcetto):  Saturated dark ruby.  Black fruits, dark chocolate, wild herbs and a suggestion of meat on the nose.  Broad, fine-grained and surprisingly brisk, with nicely distributed acidity and a light touch from the strong calcaire content of the soil.  Distinctly tighter than the '07 Scudetto, finishing with a burst of acid-driven energy.

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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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