Red
Blina
By Agostino Pavia e Figli, Asti, Piemonte, Italy
Barbera d'Asti aged only in steel for a more pronounced fruit character. About 25,000 bottles.
Tasting notes
Ruby red with a clear violet rim. Intense, warm, vinous nose with vigorous plum, raspberry and juniper. Structured, with a soft silkiness; acidity and tannins are balanced, with lingering spice and red fruit.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Asti DOCG
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Production area
- Agliano Terme, with a small part in Montegrosso
- Soil
- Clay
- Harvest
- Hand-picked, end of September
- Vineyard planting
- Low Guyot, 5,000 vines per hectare, yield 8,000 kg per hectare
- Vinification
- Maceration on the skins for 13 to 15 days in 5,000 to 10,000-litre stainless steel tanks with frequent pump-overs. Alcoholic fermentation at 28 to 30 °C, malolactic by December. Aged in steel with periodic racking until September of the year after harvest, then about 5 months in bottle. Ageing potential 5 to 8 years. 25,000 bottles.
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