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1997 Barbera d'Alba Vignota

Wine Details
Place of Origin

Italy

Piedmont

Color

Red

Grape/Blend

Barbera

Vintages
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With the '96 vintage, winemaker Guido Fantino began using the new rotating tanks whose revolving paddles keep the skins moving constantly and are able to bring about greater extraction while shortening total fermentation times by up to one third. Also beginning in '96, all of Fantino Barolos spent their first year in new oak. In '95, in comparison, Fantino did a more traditional fermentation, and the wines were aged in a mix of old and new barriques "The '96 Barolos will be immortal," says Fantino. "They are more complex wines than the '97s, despite the fact that everyone is going on about the '97s." Incidentally, Fantino believes that the '96 Monpra, his nebbiolo/barbera/cabernet blend aged entirely in new barriques has the structure and freshness to rank with the outstanding '89, but says it too early to tell. This estate's Barolo from the great Ginestra vineyard in Monforte has been consistently outstanding in recent vintages.