Austin Hohnke

9.2

Gregarious aromatics, ripe berries and sweet florals. Gether’s Pastilles candy. Inviting tannins. Best nose of the night. — 5 days ago

Jamie Lauder

9.2

2015 vintage from magnum.
Bright ruby colour.
Perfumed nose with cherry, plums and dark flowers.
Smooth and savoury with medium acidity, red fruits, earthy, herbs and well developed rounded tannins.
This wine is food friendly.
I got a kilo of local Matsutake mushrooms from a forager friend and made risotto.
— 21 days ago

John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

9.1

Always great. — a month ago

Ray Vanderhoff

9.1

Dark ruby color. Intense aromas of red and black berries, coffee, leather and dark chocolate. Fruit forward palate features black berry/cherry, tobacco and balsamic vinegar. Pleasant sour note on the finish. Some VA? Hint of smoke. Juicy, ripe, plush and round with very soft tannins. Nicely balanced. Great with food. Excellent QPR. — 16 days ago

Brian Feist

8.9

Ollie excellent — 4 days ago

Cathy Levy

9.0

Cellar find… deep red fruit.
Drinking well in 2023. — 24 days ago

Jay Kline

9.2

Popped and poured; consumed over a few hours. The 2016 Barbera "Vigna Martina" is deep, dark ruby with an almost impenetrable core. More than ample in the fruit department with all the dark berries. However, it's got enough of the non-fruits: the inorganic earth, purple flowers, some herbs and spices, to leave one in no doubt of its origin. This is certainly one of the more polished versions of Barbera. As for longevity, even at 6 years post vintage, this seemed fairly primary. That being said and based off my experiences with Barbera in this category, I expect the secondary characteristics of leather to begin emerging in the next couple of years. Tasty now and should continue to reward through 2030. — a month ago

Brian Hearty

8.9

2021. Really nice fruity wine (even better on 1/2 price bottle night) at one of my favorite pizzerias! — 14 days ago

Keith M

9.1

開けたては少し硬い印象ながらも、醤油っぽい酸とバルベーラらしい乳酸を感じる果実。
数日後開いてくるとかなりエロティック。
すんごい華やかだったり、果実が増す訳ではないんだけど。
最近はモンフェラートあたりのバルベーラを飲むことが多かったが、久しぶりのアルバで、
久しぶりにバルベーラで大ヒット。 — 21 hours ago

Chris Buggy

8.9

Some recent visitors to Piemonte suggested this one, did not disappoint. Nice fruit, good acidity…a wine for food — 24 days ago

with Jennifer