2018 | Vigneti Massa Barbera "Monleale" | Piedmont | Italy Andrew Murray Vineyards It’s going to have a

It’s going to have a long drinking window

though it's swathed on the palate by a creamy range of flavors

with a rock solid core of fruit

but subdued and very pretty

2018 | Vigneti Massa Barbera "Monleale" | Piedmont | Italy Andrew Murray Vineyards It’s going to have aWalter Massa's benchmark Barbera the man who saved Timorasso, working his home turf in Colli Tortonesi. Walter Massa is one of Piedmont's cult figures, the vigneron who single handedly revived the Timorasso grape and put the Colli Tortonesi on the map. "Monleale" is his benchmark Barbera, named for his home village 100% Barbera from a cool, late ripening site, given real levage to make a serious, age worthy red rather than a simple quaffer. Barbera