Red
Bertu
By Angelo Negro, Roero, Piemonte, Italy
A Barbera d'Alba made only in excellent vintages from a 90-year-old vine stock, aged 16 months.
Tasting notes
Compact, almost impenetrable red. Blackberry and cherry, ripe fruit and plum jam in a warm mouth, with a full, spicy finish.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Alba DOC
- Grape
- Barbera
- Production area
- Roero
- Soil
- Calcareous clay
- Exposure
- South, south-west; 200-300 m above sea level
- Harvest
- End of September
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot training
- Vinification
- Traditional maceration in stainless steel for 15 to 18 days with 2 délestages. Matured 16 months. Hand-picked in 20 kg boxes.
- Serving temperature
- 18 °C
- Storage
- Horizontal bottle position, more than 10 years
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