List price: | $39.99 |
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Notes | |||
"Ruby with violet reflexes. Round bouquet of elderberries, blueberry muffins and dried spices. At the palate well structured with well-proportioned body, nice ripe tannins and in the round final a breath of tender almond tones." —winemaker |
Critical Acclaim | |||
"Wild aromas of dried meat and ripe berries with plum and smoke undertones. It’s full-bodied with ripe, chewy tannins and a long, very intense finish. Needs three or four years to soften, but impressive. Better after 2023." —James Suckling "The Fontanabianca 2017 Barbaresco delivers terrific results at an approachable price. This production of 25,000 bottles offers a full bouquet of Nebbiolo typicity with the extra heft and exuberance of this warm vintage. The bouquet delivers all the headline aromas you might expect, with wild cherry, dried blueberry, spice, licorice and candied orange peel. You get silky but lasting tannins with polished fruit on the close. This wine gets better with each vintage I taste." —Wine Advocate "Ripe dark-skinned berry, pressed rose, new leather and eucalyptus aromas form the nose. Chewy and full of flavor, the taut palate shows concentrated black raspberry, mature Morello cherry and baking spice framed in fine-grained tannins. Drink 2021–2027." —Wine Enthusiast |
Attributes | Meat | Cheese | Other |
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Barbaresco | full lamb, beef dishes or stews | dry, aged or high flavor cheeses | rich, earthy mushroom sauces |
Nebbiolo | lamb and beef dishes and stews | Fontina, Piave or Grana Padano | rich or earthy mushroom sauces |