Forlorn Hope "San Hercumer della Frecce"
$42.00
VINTAGE: 2019
WINE TYPE: Red
VARIETAL: Barbera
COUNTRY: United States
REGION: California/Sierra Foothills
APPELLATION: Calaveras County
SIZE: 750ml
In Piemonte, Nebbiolo is the show pony everyone fawns over, but Barbera is the loyal, hard-working donkey that tills the fields and hauls the produce to market. Stubborn, yes, but with a big heart, and never flighty. Some years ago I had the pleasure of making the acquaintance of a mini-donkey named Hercurmer who lives in Fiddletown, and after he was shot with a pair of arrows (not fatally, thank goodness) by some miscreant I decided to canonize him and make him the patron saint of our Forlorn Hope Barbera. Saint Hercurmer of the Arrows -- ever your loyal companion.