Red
Vigna Martina
By Elio Grasso, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Barbera d'Alba produced since 1988, from 40-year-old vines facing south and south-west at 380 metres.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Alba DOC
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Vigna Martina
- Production area
- Alba
- Soil
- Moderately loose-packed, slightly sandy, limestone-based
- Exposure
- South and south-west facing, 380 metres above sea level
- Harvest
- Manual harvest
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot-trained, 4,500 vines per hectare, average vine age 40 years
- Vinification
- Alcoholic fermentation in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks, with daily pumping over. After malolactic fermentation, the wine is aged in French barriques.
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