Orlando Abrigo Roreto Barbera d'Alba, Piedmont, Italy

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The Orlando Abrigo 2017 Barbera d'Alba Roreto is a robust and ripe expression. The wine opens to an inky dark appearance, and it follows through with dark aromas of cherry confit, blackberry preserves, scorched earth and Indian spice. The Barbera grape was pushed to its limits in this hot and dry vintage, and although it loves the sunshine, this wine walks right up to the line. Thankfully, that varietal acidity kicks in to balance out the warm-climate aromas. It pulls it back from the edge.

The 2015 Barbera d'Alba Roreto is a rich and darkly saturated expression. It shows ripe fruit layers with cherry confit and sweet blackberry preserves. This is a very successful, albeit bold, red wine that ultimately succumbs to the balance and the warmth of the vintage. You really taste that tangy black fruit on the close.

A dense, plum- and blackberry-flavored version, with ample tannins and vivid acidity providing structure. Turns rustic on the finish, but hearty food should help. Drink now through 2020. 20,000 cases made, 400 cases imported.??–BS??Region: Italy / Piedmont / Barbera d'Alba Select to Add

Here's a robust and masculine interpretation of the easy-drinking Barbera grape. The 2012 Barbera d'Alba Roreto opens to dark lines and a thick flavor profile that encompasses Morello cherry, spice, leather, tobacco and chewy blackberry marmalade. The aromas are all delivered in thick, lavish layers. There is a distant note of sweetness, but the grape's characteristic acidity also comes through loud and clear to clean the palate.

The 2011 Barbera d’Alba Roreto opens with an inky dark color followed by bold tones of black cherry, blackberry preserves and powdered mocha. There’s an especially velvety and smooth quality to the mouthfeel that soothes over any acidic thorniness you may expect. Anticipated maturity: 2013-2016. It’s been a big year for Giovanni Abrigo and his wife Virna (of the eponymous winery in Barolo). He put the finishing touches on an underground winery that is invisible to the eye thanks to a lush covering of grapevines and rose bushes. As a young man, Giovanni wanted to study engineering, but the call of the vineyard was so strong, he never admitted that to his parents. Like many of his peers, he ended up enrolling in Alba’s school of enology instead. He is the third generation of his family to mind the vineyard and he has increased his holdings to 18 hectares, up from three in his grandfather’s time. He owns three hectares in the Montersino cru and four in Meruzzano. That old thirst for engineering, he says, was more than quenched with all the intense trouble-shooting (and a good amount of head scratching) associated with his recent winery construction. Importer: Vi.Sco, Brooklyn, NY; tel. (631) 944-2487