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Fontanafredda Briccotondo Piemonte Barbera DOC |
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Region: Piedmont, Italy Variety: Barbera |
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This is a ruby-red wine with purple highlights. The nose is packed with black fruit, especially black berries and plum, with slight spicy overtones hinting at black pepper and cinnamon. Sweet, soft tannins come together in a closely woven texture that merges with the fruit, while a crisp freshness provides a tasty and lingering finish. |
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Fontanafredda is located in the heart of the Langhe, a world of hills dating back to very ancient times which has always been a prime growing area for great wines, particularly rich, powerful reds. The Fontanafredda estate is a major player in Piedmont, turning out massive quantities of Barolo, Barbera d'Alba, Dolcetto d'Alba and other Piedmontese DOCs. The whites are no less impressive. Fontanafredda as a winery began in 1878, when Emmanuel Guerrieri, Count of Mirafiori, dedicated his entrepreneurial skills to wine with passion and far-sightedness. His approach proved to be thoroughly modern, and he developed many influential techniques for producing wines of quality, in particular Barolo. Testimony to the estate's noble past remains intact today - the hunting lodge, the hamlet, the extensive cellars, the vineyards - but the winery continues to experiment and move with the times in perfecting what nature and history have handed down.
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