{"product_id":"2025-margan-breaking-ground-barbera","title":"2025 Margan Breaking Ground Barbera","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Breaking Ground Barbera is Ollie Margan’s exciting take on this Northern Italian variety, proving how well it handles the Hunter's warm climate. Sourced from the estate's red volcanic soils, this is all about Ollie’s desire to move away from heavy, high-alcohol reds towards something far more smashable. It is a creative, forward-thinking red that brings a completely fresh, light-footed alternative to the table.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 2025 vintage delivered immaculate fruit, packing a heap of varietal spice and Barbera's naturally electric acidity. Ollie kept things unforced in the cellar, utilizing a gentle fermentation and aging the wine entirely in older, large-format oak casks. This approach completely skips any heavy oak impact, keeping the focus entirely on the bright, high-energy primary fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe nose is incredibly vibrant, throwing out a mix of sour cherry, dark plum, and a nice kick of dried Italian herbs. The palate is medium-bodied and crunchy, loaded with juicy red berry flavour that flows over a smooth bed of fine tannins before a bright wave of acid cleans it up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a brilliant, food-friendly red that swaps out heavy-handed structure for pure, vibrant drinkability.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e93+ points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"It’s a distinctive and different expression of Barbera, and very good too.\"\u003cbr\u003e- Mike Bennie (The Wine Front)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Margan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44217293668395,"sku":"2025 Margan Breaking Ground Barbera","price":34.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2572\/9722\/files\/2024MarganBreakingGroundBarbera_b2b31d21-57fd-4c1c-a473-8b6140d200c8.webp?v=1782390209","url":"https:\/\/www.differentdrop.com\/products\/2025-margan-breaking-ground-barbera","provider":"Different Drop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}