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Barbaresco

noun
Bar·ba·res·co | \ bärbäˈreskō \
plural -s

Definition of Barbaresco 

: a robust red wine from the Piedmont region of Italy

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First Known Use of Barbaresco

1906, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for Barbaresco

Italian, from Barbaresco, village in the Piedmont region, Italy

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