Red
Barbera d'Asti Superiore
By Il Botolo, Nizza, Piemonte, Italy
A 100% Barbera Superiore aged at least 6 months in large and small French oak, with morello cherry, berry and mint notes.
Tasting notes
Ruby red turning garnet. Intense, characteristic and delicate on the nose. Ageing in French oak brings out notes of morello cherry, wild berries and mint leaf. Full-bodied and full in flavour on the palate.
Pairs well with
Rich first courses, roasts and game.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Production area
- 200 m above sea level, 4.64 ha
- Soil
- Clay
- Exposure
- Various
- Vineyard planting
- 5,000 vines per hectare, guyot training, vines over 25 years old
- Vinification
- Grapes picked by hand. Fermentation in stainless steel tanks. Aged in medium-toast French oak, large and small, for at least 6 months. Bottled in 750 ml bordeaux bottles and 1.5 l magnums.
- Serving temperature
- 16 to 18 °C
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