Kareen Sierra Foothills Carbonic Barbera 2024 NO20230823 Pleasantly bitter

Pleasantly bitter

whole fruit

making this an incredibly smooth after-dinner sipper

Eight hundred feet above the valley floor

A wine that's trying to be a generous

Kareen Sierra Foothills Carbonic Barbera 2024 NO20230823 Pleasantly bitterCarbonic maceration is the trick behind the juicy, gulpable side of Beaujolais, and Kareen brings it to Sierra Foothills Barbera here. The Nemet family ferments whole clusters in a sealed, oxygen free environment, which softens tannins and cranks up the bright, crunchy fruit. The result is a low intervention red that drinks light and lively, the kind of bottle you can chill slightly and pour all afternoon. Barbera's natural acidity keeps it zippy from