Jae Cho

9.3

Better than the Bartolo — 15 days ago

Shuhui Ng

9.2

Rusty red, heavy bodied with notes of blackcurrant, leather, tobacco and cedar. Moderate tannins but so balanced. — a year ago

Rod Carril

9.4

Very chewy, prunes excellent with venison! — a year ago

Carey Krebs

8.9

House wine in Quebec. Decent — a year ago

Conrad Green

9.5

Great. Black cherry with some strawberry. Beautiful richness and clear fruit. Some leather and tangy woody orange. Very pure and intense. Excellent. From mag. — a month ago

with Tony and David

Dana Brown

9.2

Tannic forward and bold. Ruffino. Like Ruffalo in Poor Things, “shuck, chuck and bubble.” — 4 months ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.5

Pretty similar colour to the Bartolo , medium deep garnet core , slightly less terracotta at the rim. Porcini mushrooms , sous bois , dried meat , really quite complex. On the palate more mineral , but with a strong meaty , porcini mushroom note , then with blueberry , blackberry . Very fine but present tannins , lovely balanced acidity . Long and really refined . With time in the glass shows well , but will improve over the next 5 -8 years and continue on a further 10 at least — a year ago

Ashish Pant

9.2

Let it breathe. After that it will be incredible. — 2 months ago

Eliot Hamerman

9.4

Drinking nice. Nice berries. All aspects you would want to see in this varietial — 4 months ago

Jay Kline

9.1

Popped and poured. The 2011 Barbera d’Alba pours a deep, garnet (with some purple) color with a near opaque core. Slightly hazy. No signs of particles or gas. Medium+ viscosity with moderate staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is vinous. Boysenberries , mulberries, dark cherry, braised beef (no cap), oiled leather, dried leaf tobacco, organic earth. On the palate, the wine is dry; medium tannins and medium+ acid. Alcohol is medium+. Confirming the notes from the nose. This is really tasty right now. While I don’t think this is going to fall off a cliff soon, I also don’t think there is any reason to hold any longer. Drink now and enjoy while the fruits are still nicely balanced with the secondary characteristics. — 9 months ago