Notes from Le Marie:

"Le Marie is a small, family-run farm and winery in Barge, which is in NW Piemonte near the French border. Barge sits at the foot of Monte Viso and Monte Bracco. The vineyards sit between 400-450M, some of which in the 1930s and survived WWII. The winery, like many, is in transition between generations as Valerio’s children, Simona and Daniele, take over. The winery was founded in 2000. They have 9.5ha in 14 plots. We found Le Marie through a conversation about a clone of Malvasia called Malvasia Moscata and the rest, as they say, is history. We have been so happy to find this family winery with so much history and fell in love with the Malvasia Moscata. In 2019 we added several new wines and will continue to add new wines from Le Marie in 2020.

This is a special bottling of Barbera from Le Marie. Not a Riserva wine per se, just special. Less than 300 cases produced. More rich and complex than the normale Barbera wine but still possessing tons of fresh fruit and balancing acidity. A wine for the table."