Red
Volupta
By Agostino Bosco, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Barbera d'Alba Superiore from a blend of two La Morra vineyards, aged 14 to 15 months in barriques.
Tasting notes
Intense ruby red with good tonality. Complex, pronounced nose of red-berry jam blended with spice. Robust, harmonious body with a light acid vein that keeps it fresh. Can be drunk up to 5 to 6 years after the vintage, at its best after 2 to 3.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Alba Superiore DOC
- Grape
- Barbera
- Production area
- Blend of two La Morra vineyards
- Soil
- Clay and limestone (first vineyard); tufaceous and calcareous (second vineyard)
- Exposure
- South-west at about 380 m (first vineyard); south-east at about 300 m (second vineyard)
- Vineyard planting
- Vines about 20 years old (first vineyard) and about 30 years old (second vineyard)
- Vinification
- Fermented in steel tanks for 10 to 12 days at a controlled 28 to 30 °C. Malolactic fermentation in stainless steel at 18 to 20 °C. Aged 14 to 15 months in barriques (30% new, 70% used), racked every 6 months, then about 6 months in bottle before release.