Sansilvestro Piedmont Barbera organic wine

Barbera is the name of a thoroughly Piedmontese grape. It produces fruity wines with the full, fresh taste of ripe cherries. Perfect with spaghetti bolognese, pizza with salami, and roasted vegetables. Color, taste: red, fruity Grape variety: barbera Country, region: Italy, Piedmont Good with: Pasta, Chicken Awarded: De Grote Hamersma 8+ Barbera, pronounced bar-BEH-ra with the emphasis on BE, is not the most famous grape from Piedmont—that is nebbiolo—but it is the most widely planted and fantastic wines are made from it. Unlike the Barolos, made from nebbiolo, most Barberas come across lighter, fresher, and fruitier. In this organic Barbera, you clearly taste the juiciness of ripe red cherry. It is a wine for traditional Italian dishes like spaghetti bolognese and pizza, but it also works well as a lightly chilled red wine with roasted mackerel or crispy oven-baked chicken. The wine comes from San Silvestro, a winery from Novello, not far from the town of Barolo.