Massolino's 2005 Barbera d-Alba Gisep is a silky-textured, layered Barbera that offers beautiful dark fruit interwoven with sweet toasted oak on a medium-bodied frame. Like so many 2005 Barberas, it isn't particularly complex, but does offer very pleasurable drinking today. Anticipated maturity: 2007-2010. Importer: Domaine Select, New York, NY; tel. (212) 279-0799

Lovely perfumes of flowers and berries follow through to a full-bodied palate, with balanced fruit and tannins and a long finish. Beauty. Outstanding quality for the money. Drink now. 600 cases made, 150 cases imported.??–JS??Region: Italy / Piedmont / Barbera d'Alba Select to Add