TN: 2013 Cappellano Barbera d'Alba Gabutti

[Ozzie W]

The Garbutti Vineyard is in Serralunga, roughly in the centre on the western border with Monforte d’Alba.

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Succulent red fruits, spicy earth, tobacco, liquorice, dark chocolate. Fruity but at the same time savoury. Good finish with a tangy cranberry acidity. Everything well balanced. Oak is there but well in check. Will go another 5 years easily. One of the better Barbera's I've tasted, a standout actually.

The back label is also particularly interesting.

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It's in Italian but translates as follows:

To wine "guides", humbly speaking.
In 1983 I asked the journalist Sheldon Wasserman not to publish scores for my wines. Not only did he not publish the scores in his book "Italian Noble Wines", we also wrote that I has asked not to be included in classifications in which a comparison becomes a divisive numerical term rather than expressing shared human toil. I have not changed by mind. My tiny farm producing 20,000 bottles of wine a year interests only a small number of customer-friends. I believe in freedom of information, even if the judgement is negative. I think of my hills as an anarchical arena, with no inquisitors or opposing factions, whose inner richness is stimulated by severe, thoughtful critics. I strive for a community that can still express solidarity with whoever has not been so well-rewarded by Mother nature.
Wishful thinking? Allow me to dream. Teobaldo

[Ian S]

We stayed in an Agriturismo within the Gabutti vineyard area on our last visit! (run by the Boasso family who also run the Boasso/Gabutti winery - well worth a try if you see them - traditional and under the radar).

I empathise with Teobaldo's statement in totality. Not just the points, but also the inclusive (not divisive) aspirations.