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La Famiglia Snows Lake Vineyard Barbera - Three Pack

Okay, you got me, I don’t know much about wine.

But I honestly thought “Hanna-Barbera” would be a great varietal.

Theresa I am so sorry, I thought tonight would be special and you’re right: I should’ve gotten the La Famiglia Snows Lake Vineyard Barbera 3-Pack. THAT would’ve gone great with pizza, roasted meats, grilled seafood, or even spaghetti. I bet you could enjoy a bottle now and even cellar one or two for later if you wanted! Man, that would’ve been a great wine to pick up. I really dropped the ball here.

We could’ve enjoyed a wine with a dark, complex nose full of black cherry, honey baked ham, and cigar. Cigar, honey! Soft tannins, sweet oak, man I bet that wine tastes amazing. And it’s so red! So very, very red.

This “Hanna-Barbera Fun Wine,” though, is a pretty disconcerting shade of teal.

Well, we may not have a bold, explosive red wine, but we’ve got a thin, sugary syrup with some old cartoon characters on the label. We can make the best of any situation, after all! That should count for something, right honey?

Honey?

  • Variety: Barbera
  • Vintage: 2005
  • Optimum Period for Consumption: Drink now to 2013
  • Appellation: Lake County
  • Snows Lake Vineyard, Red Hills
  • Varietal Composition: 100% Barbera
  • Release Date: June 2008
  • Harvest Dates: 11/2/05
  • Sugar at Harvest: 25.5 Brix
  • Time in Wood: 10 months
  • Type of Cooperage: Hungarian
  • Bottling Dates: 8/2/06
  • Number of Cases: 540
  • Alcohol: 14.5%
  • PH: 3.7°
  • Total Acidity: 0.58
  • Residual Sugar: dry

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