Red
Barbera d'Asti Superiore
By Criolin, Asti, Piemonte, Italy
Barbera d'Asti Superiore aged 12 months in French oak barriques, 14.5% vol.
Tasting notes
Colour: intense ruby red with deep garnet reflections. Nose: intense and persistent, with black cherry and plum; wood adds cinnamon, cocoa and liquorice. Palate: full and robust; ageing brings complexity, sweet velvety tannins and a long finish.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Soil
- Limestone mixed with marl, with clayey layers in places
- Harvest
- Early October
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot, 5,000 vines/ha, yield 75 to 100 q/ha
- Vinification
- Traditional, with frequent pumping over of the must on the skins. Aged 12 months in French oak barriques.
- Serving temperature
- 18 to 20 °C
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