{"id":18086,"date":"2022-11-01T11:27:47","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T15:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wine365.com\/?p=18086"},"modified":"2022-11-01T11:27:47","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T15:27:47","slug":"qa-best-time-open-barbera","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/qa-best-time-open-barbera\/","title":{"rendered":"Q&#038;A: When is the best time to open your bottle of Barbera?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Q. When is the best time to open your bottle of Barbera?<\/p>\n<p>A. From Piedmont, Italy, most Barbera wines are best enjoyed within the first 3-6 years of their production. They&#8217;re easy-drinking, fruit-forward, and pair well with lots of different dishes because of their higher acidity and low tannins. However, the newest (2014) Barbera appellation, Nizza DOCG, comes from premium vineyard sites and has high complexity, concentration, texture, and overall a greater capacity to age longer.<\/p>\n<p><em>The other answers are wrong because&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A super-young Barbera might still have some harsh, young tannins that would benefit from a year or two mellowing in the bottle.<\/p>\n<p>Opening the Barbera at either your 20-year high school reunion or 40th birthday could potentially work out well, if the time coincides with our recommendations above!<\/p>\n<p>If you <em>really<\/em> wanted to test out &#8220;the longer it ages the better&#8221; theory, opt for a Nizza, like <a href=\"https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/michele-chiarlo-la-court-nizza-riserva-docg-2016\/\">Michele Chiarlo La Court Nizza Riserva DOCG.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>You can definitely age all of the wines in our <a href=\"https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/shop-for-wine\/products\/cellar-starter-wine-pack\/\">Cellar Starter pack<\/a>\u2014in fact, we recommend it!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_16789\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16789\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-16789 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CELLARall-4final-1-300x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CELLARall-4final-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CELLARall-4final-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CELLARall-4final-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CELLARall-4final-1-175x175.png 175w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CELLARall-4final-1-450x450.png 450w, https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/CELLARall-4final-1.png 1000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16789\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/shop-for-wine\/products\/cellar-starter-wine-pack\/\">The Cellar Starter pack<\/a> from the Wine365 Shop<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<div class=\"post-content description cf entry-content content-spacious-full\">\n<div class=\"post-content description cf entry-content content-spacious-full\">\n<p><em>This question is from the Daily Drop newsletter.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wine365.com\/stage\/subscribe\/\">Click here to subscribe<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"the-post-foot cf\">\n<div class=\"tag-share cf\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q. When is the best time to open your bottle of Barbera? A. From Piedmont, Italy, most Barbera wines are best enjoyed within the first 3-6 years of their production. They&#8217;re easy-drinking, fruit-forward, and pair well with lots of different dishes because of their higher acidity and low tannins. 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