Barbera D'Asti Tre Roveri Pico Maccario - a young promising wine from Mombaruzzo (Piedmont) poised to take on the world!

Hi guys,

Today I'd like to tell you about one of the best quality/price ratio's wine that I've ever tasted in my life, Barbera D'Asti Tre Roveri By Pico Maccario.

Who wouldn't know the name? Baaarbera!

Here in Italy a lot of people think that "Barbera" means a "cheap sparkling red wine" that the old men drink during their card games in the periphery bars. Noooooo, I can't deal with that, it insults me dude! Barbera is one of the most historical native Italian's grapes, along with Sangiovese and Montepulciano and nobody should say: "Barbera is a cheap wine for the Briscola players" (Briscola is a game of cards which is really popular here in Italy - I don't think it's so great myself but I have to respect it as a part of Italian tradition).

Anyways, to get back to my pep rally :)

Barbera, yes! I'd like to give you an example if I may:

Have you ever heard of Barolo or Barbaresco?

I'm sure that, "Barolo" is the third or fourth word that children learn in Italy... it would be something in this order: "Mommy, Daddy, Pee-pee, Barolo".

So, Barolo or Barbaresco are two of the most famous wines in the world, always from Piedmont, made by Nebbiolo grapes. Barbera is really similar to the Nebbiolo grape, maybe not so tannic although if it's cultivated with love, passion and technical skill, Barbera can get very close to the stunning Nebbiolo.

With this wine in particular I'm talking about a innovative way to produce Barbera, which is why I started with "young promise" in the title of this review.

This Barbera D'Asti Tre Roveri was a huge surprise to me! It's deep purple red, it's cherry, vanilla and spicy aromas are as thrilling to me as a young kid on a ride in Disneyland! I can't believe that a wine that costs only 14 euros (suggested retail price) could give me all this satisfaction.

Made by Pico Maccario with fantastic technical talent combined with a well balanced mix between steel and French oak barrels, which give it it's refinement.

If someone quizzed me, I'd make a mistake saying: "Wow, this wine is great... I think it's costs round about 35 euros or something like that!".

You know what I mean?

The only bad news for you is this wine is not to simple to find, I suggest you search for more information on the producer's site Pico Maccario:

http://www.picomaccario.com/

I hope you enjoyed this little trip to Piedmont hills and I hope to have you aboard again soon.

Take care,

Angelo D'Alessandro

thedeliciousworld@gmail.com