Barbara D'Alba Superiore Monchiero
De Grote Hamersma
De Grote Hamersma 8.5
James Suckling
James Suckling​ 92/100 Points
WinesCritic
Winescritic​ 92/100 Points

Barbara D’Alba Superiore DOC

 14,95

“In dark alleys, at shady liquor stores who don’t look closely, you can still find them: two-liter bottles with screw caps, full of rust-colored barbera for a budget price.

Elsewhere, in the chic shopping street and in the genteel auction house, in the millionaire’s cellar, there is a barbera that is purple in color, powerful with alcohol, with an aroma of a lot of oak.

Here they know better. Barbera, that’s the everyday wine, so it doesn’t have to be that fancy. But we do want to drink something delicious every day. So they make barbera as it should be, and as you rarely find them unfortunately. Fragrant of juicy cherries, fine in line, graceful aftertaste, but without denying his honest farming heritage.”

– Hamersma, 2022

About the wine

Winery: Azienda Agricola Monchiero
Wine: Barbara D’Alba
Classification: DOC
Grape variety: Barbera
Region/area: Alba (Piedmont)
Type: Dry red wine
Soil: Calcareous, sandy & clayey
Harvest: 2019
Alcohol: 14.5%
Closure: Cork
Serving temperature: 15-17° C
Lay-up potential: Long, no data available yet.
Content: 0.75L

Vinification

The Barbera D’Alba is a wine derived from grapes grown near the village of Alba, in Piedmont. In recent years, this wine has been gaining traction in a region where Barolo is predominant. The grapes of this Barbera D’Alba are hand-picked in the fourth week of September.

Colour

The wine has a ruby red color with violet reflections.

Odor

On the nose, Monchiero’s Barbera D’Alba is intense and delicate with notes of raspberries and blackberries.

Taste impression

On the palate, it is warm, full-bodied, savory and harmonious, with a round, fine and elegant expression.

Culinary advice

Combines extremely well with light cheeses (for example from the region) and regional dishes such as truffle pasta and pasta tajarin. Furthermore, it goes well with various dishes with ravioli and mushrooms and many meats such as cow, pig and lamb.

Awards

De Grote Hamersma

De Grote Hamersma 8.5

James Suckling

James Suckling​ 92/100 Points

WinesCritic

Winescritic​ 92/100 Points

Tasting Notes

The Great Hammersma

“In dark alleys, at shady liquor stores who don’t look closely, you can still find them: two-liter bottles with screw caps, full of rust-colored barbera for a budget price.

Elsewhere, in the chic shopping street and in the genteel auction house, in the millionaire’s cellar, there is a barbera that is purple in color, powerful with alcohol, with an aroma of a lot of oak.

Here they know better. Barbera, that’s the everyday wine, so it doesn’t have to be that fancy. But we do want to drink something delicious every day. So they make barbera as it should be, and as you rarely find them unfortunately. Fragrant of juicy cherries, fine in line, graceful aftertaste, but without denying his honest farming heritage.”

– Hamersma, 2022

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