The 2013 Barbera d'Alba Santa Rosalia offers a uniquely robust flavor profile with dark fruit and meaty tones that are both savory and succulent. Although the mouthfeel is rather easy in approach and one-dimensional overall, this wine offers loads of upfront aromatic intensity.

There's a hard edge to this linear red despite the ample flesh, narrowing to a point on the finish and pinching the cherry and berry flavors. Just needs time to open. Drink now through 2018. 900 cases imported.??–BS??Region: Italy / Piedmont / Barbera d'Alba Select to Add

A veneer of resinous oak overlays the black cherry and blackberry flavors in this sleek red. This is smooth and fleshy, with a long, mouthwatering finish of dark berry fruit.NEED PRICE Drink now through 2018. 1,050 cases made, 500 cases imported.??–BS??Region: Italy / Piedmont / Barbera d'Alba Select to Add

This is a toasty, oak-influcenced expression of Barbera with pretty notes of cherry and blackberry backed by soft vanilla and toasted almond. Pair this wine with roast chicken and potatoes with chopped rosemary.——M.L.(9/1/2011)—— 88

Mauro Sebaste is an up-and-coming winery to watch with a full range of Piedmont wines. This pretty Barbera from Alba shows big oak tones that need more time to integrate within the folds of the dark berry and sweet spice tones that are typical of this deeply beloved native grape.——M.L.(9/1/2010)—— 88