Di Lusso Barbera

Blue Mountains 100km from Sydney. So sitting in a restaurant picking out this wine in the hope that maybe, just maybe the grower could get someting nice out of this grape. Not. So here we go. Fancy bottle, tall and slim. 15.3% alcohol. 15.3% ??? I want my Babera to be fragrant, fresh, acidic and full of fresh and lively fruit. This is a bruiser of a wine that is burning my throat with the heady alcohol. Dark plum, cherry, …