ALPHA BOX & DICE ENIGMA BARBERA
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Barbera is the Enigma here. Originally an Italian varietal, its hard to make well. Here it's made amazingly. Worth the confused look every time.
McLaren Vale, South Australia
2022
14.5% ABV.
100% Barbera
75cl
£23.95
Price includes VAT
Tasting notes:
With the colour of arterial blood, the nose reveals wild berries, rhubarb and custard. The palate expresses varietal cherry-stone fruit with a gentle brick-like texture.
About the wine:
Grapes are picked from the Christmas Hill Vineyard in Kuitpo and Carmine Peppicelli Vineyard in Kenton Valley, Gumeracha in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia. The soil is light red clay loam over granite. Hand picked, 60% whole bunch fermentation, 40% crushed on top of the whole bunches; wild fermentation until dry. The Wine then spends 18 months on lees in a old puncheons with the remainder in old Burgundy barriques.
About the producer:
ALPHA BOX & DICE were formed as a laboratory for viticultural exploration in 2008, as the team set up constructing a different wine style to represent every letter of the alphabet. Each member of the ‘Alphabet of Wine’ has its own unique personality that fulfils a different purpose – no two wines are created alike.
AB&D wines are all linked by their environment and surrounding, being created holistically through minimal intervention, vegan friendly methods. However, they are completely distinct in their flavour, appearance and orientation. In this way, AB&D wines are just like a (mostly) happy family.
With a culture soaked in community, quality and a laissez-faire spirit, Alpha Box & Dice will continue to inspire, delight and surprise in everything they do... and they do a lot!
"Championing the integrity and overwhelming quality of South Australian fruit"
AB&D Vision: Wines without boundaries – regional, varietal or stylistic. Wines whose entire raison d’être is to be delicious and to express the minutia and complexity of site and vintage conditions. Wines that enchant; wines that delight you and leave you betwixt the rock and ripe grape. Through a series of random experiments in the field and adventures in vinous bricolage, these are our modest goals.
Food match:
The Enigma Barbera would be a cracking match for game like pheasant, duck or venison. Alternatively, it is absolutely amazing on its own, with some good company.
This wine is suitable for vegetarians and vegans.
