Barbera is one of Italy’s iconic and most planted red grape varieties. It is predominantly found in Piedmont around the town’s of Asti and Alba. It generally produces medium to full bodied wines with high levels of acidity and lots of black fruit flavours. One of the best examples in Italy come from the newly created Nizza DOCG.
Some of the best vintages for Barbera in recent decades are 1958, 1971, 1978, 1982, 1985, 1989, 1990, 1996, 2001, 2006, 2010 and 2016.
