Red
Barbera d'Asti
By Adriano Grasso Natural Wines, Asti, Piemonte, Italy
A fresh, fruit-driven Barbera from Calosso, fermented on native yeasts and partly aged in barrique.
Tasting notes
Fresh and vibrant, with exuberant aromas of red fruit, violet and rose. Soft, elegant finish.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Asti DOCG
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Soil
- Chalky-clayey
- Harvest
- Late September (25-30 September)
- Vineyard planting
- Hand harvest in 25 kg cases; continental climate
- Vinification
- Red vinification with native yeasts, colour and aroma extracted by manual punching-down of the skins. 10% of the wine is aged in barrique for 6 months. Fermentation at 25-28 °C for 15 days, malolactic fermentation done.
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