Barbera d'Alba 'Punta'

Score

92

"From vintner Luigi Scavino, the Azelia 2016 Barbera d'Alba Punta offers inky dark color saturation with a broad and lasting aromatic profile. The bouquet is made mostly of black fruit aromas, with a few highlights of red cherry or cassis. However, the wine's texture is a weave of essentially plum, blackberry and prune. There is spice, tobacco and leather at the back, but these play background roles. What this wine also has is a tight, linear mouthfeel driven by the grape's natural freshness. Fruit comes from Castiglione Falletto from a vineyard named Punta (or point in English) because it is located at the pointy top of a hill. Some 6,700 bottles were produced."