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2004 La Spinetta (Rivetti) Barbera d’Alba Gallina - Italy, Piedmont, Alba, Barbera d’Alba (4/7/2009)
Dinner at Golden Truffle. 14.5% alcohol. This wine is a step up from the inexpensive Barberas I usually drink. Deep aromas of dried cherries, açaí berries, and pomegranates. Rich and medium bodied on the palate with plush notes of açaí berries and red plums. Oak seems present on this wine, so I would probably hold off drinking it for at least another year or two. I don’t usually age my Barberas, but if there was ever one to put away, this would be it. (91 pts.)