Barbaresco

noun

Bar·​ba·​res·​co

bärbäˈreskō

plural -s

: a robust red wine from the Piedmont region of Italy

Word History

Etymology

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

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined above

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