Winery Monchiero Carbone - Mon Birone Barbera d'Alba

Winery Monchiero Carbone Mon Birone Barbera d'Alba

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Mon Birone Barbera d'Alba of Winery Monchiero Carbone is a red wine from the region of Barbera d'Alba of Piémont.
In the mouth this red wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or veal.
The Mon Birone Barbera d'Alba of the Winery Monchiero Carbone is in the top 5 of wines of Barbera d'Alba.

Taste structure of the Mon Birone Barbera d'Alba from the Winery Monchiero Carbone

Light
Bold
Smooth
Tannic
Dry
Sweet
Soft
Acidic

In the mouth the Mon Birone Barbera d'Alba of Winery Monchiero Carbone in the region of Piémont is a powerful with a nice freshness.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

On the nose the Mon Birone Barbera d'Alba of Winery Monchiero Carbone in the region of Piémont often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or red fruit.

Details and technical informations about Winery Monchiero Carbone's Mon Birone Barbera d'Alba.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
13.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Babic

This is an old indigenous variety that has been cultivated for a long time in Croatia, especially in central and southern Dalmatia. It can also be found in Hungary, in the former Yugoslavia to which Croatia belonged... in France it is almost unknown. It should be noted that it would be related with the dobricic and thus also with the plavac mali its son. Babic should not be confused with babica crni, another Croatian black grape variety.

Last vintages of this wine

Mon Birone Barbera d'Alba - 2017
In the top 5 of of Barbera d'Alba wines
Average rating: 4.3 1 1 1 1 0
Mon Birone Barbera d'Alba - 2016
In the top 5 of of Barbera d'Alba wines
Average rating: 4.3 1 1 1 1 0
Mon Birone Barbera d'Alba - 2015
In the top 5 of of Barbera d'Alba wines
Average rating: 4.2 1 1 1 1 0
Mon Birone Barbera d'Alba - 2013
In the top 5 of of Barbera d'Alba wines
Average rating: 4.4 1 1 1 1 0
Mon Birone Barbera d'Alba - 2012
In the top 5 of of Barbera d'Alba wines
Average rating: 4.2 1 1 1 1 0
Mon Birone Barbera d'Alba - 2011
In the top 5 of of Barbera d'Alba wines
Average rating: 4.2 1 1 1 1 0
Mon Birone Barbera d'Alba - 2010
In the top 5 of of Barbera d'Alba wines
Average rating: 4.2 1 1 1 1 0

The best vintages of Mon Birone Barbera d'Alba from Winery Monchiero Carbone are 2009, 2013, 2017, 2016 and 2015.

Informations about the Winery Monchiero Carbone

The winery offers 26 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
This winery is part of the The Winebow Group.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Barbera d'Alba in the region of Piémont

The Winery Monchiero Carbone is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 21 wines for sale in the of Barbera d'Alba to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Piémont
In the top 1500 of of Italy wines
In the top 3 of of Barbera d'Alba wines
In the top 5500 of red wines
In the top 7000 wines of the world

The wine region of Barbera d'Alba

The wine region of Barbera d'Alba is located in the region of Piémont of Italy. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Bospoeper or the Domaine Roberto Voerzio produce mainly wines red and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Barbera d'Alba are Nebbiolo, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Barbera d'Alba often reveals types of flavors of cream, stone or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of oil, pomegranate or sage.


The wine region of Piémont

Piedmont (Piemonte) holds an unrivalled place among the world's finest wine regions. Located in northwestern Italy, it is home to more DOCG wines than any other Italian region, including such well-known and respected names as Barolo, Barbaresco and Barbera d'Asti. Though famous for its Austere, Tannic, Floral">floral reds made from Nebbiolo, Piedmont's biggest success story in the past decade has been Moscato d'Asti, a Sweet, Sparkling white wine. Piedmont Lies, as its name suggests, at the foot of the Western Alps, which encircle its northern and western sides and form its naturally formidable border with France/provence">Provence, France.

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