Barbera

	Varietals:	100% Barbera
	Vineyard:	Wildwood Vineyards
	Appellation:	Sierra Foothills
	Sub Appellation:	Amador County
	Fermentation:	Open Top
	Wood:	100% French Oak (1/3 New)
	Aging:	8 Months Oak Aging

WINEMAKER NOTES: This delicious Piedmont-style Barbera offers generous color and dense, melted tannins. Its luscious, dark stone fruit fruit is framed by subtle toast seamlessly knit into the plush fabric of its classic varietal expression. Only 900 Cases Produced. \

Wildwood Vineyard, located just outside of Fiddletown at an elevation of 4,000-feet.

ACCOLADES

Gold -- 2007 Critics Challenge International Wine Competition
Silver -- 2007 Los Angeles International Wine Competition
Bronze -- 2007 Pacific Rim International Wine Competition

BARBERA GRAPES Pronounced [bar-BEH-rah], Barbera is an historically under-appreciated grape variety that is now generating considerable excitement both in Italy and California. When vinified simply, it produces fruity, forward red wines. Richer, more robust and complex wines result when it is carefully grown and aged in small oak barrels.

Barbera is a good candidate for cellaring: even the most modest examples will improve with two to three years’ bottle aging. The more complex wines can improve for five or more years, gaining charm and elegance as the acidity softens and the interplay of fruit and oak becomes more complex.

In California, where there are nearly 11,000 acres of barbera, its naturally high acidity makes it a desirable grape for hotter climates. However, microclimates boasting warm days and cool nights, such as the Sierra foothills, the Lodi region of the Sacramento/San Joaquin river delta, parts of Sonoma and Mendocino counties, and the Paso Robles area, generally produce the best fruit.

Buy Burford and Brown Barbera at:

Orange, California
800.76.WINEX

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