Red
Barbera d'Alba
By Agnelli Viassone, Langhe, Piemonte, Italy
Barbera d'Alba blended from a west-facing vineyard below the cellar, for structure, and the ciabot vineyard, for freshness and acidity. 70% concrete, 30% tonneau. 14.5% vol.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Alba DOC
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Production area
- Two vineyards at Santa Rosalia, Alba (CN): one below the cellar (west-facing), one around the ciabot
- Soil
- Calcareous marl with a high content of active limestone (estate-wide)
- Exposure
- West / north-west
- Vineyard planting
- Planted 1977 to 2003; first vintage 2020
- Vinification
- Hand-harvested in perforated crates. 10 days of maceration in steel, then ageing of 70% in concrete and 30% in Austrian oak tonneau for 10 to 12 months.
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