Red
Mandragola
By Vinory, Nizza, Piemonte, Italy
Single-vineyard Barbera d'Asti from the Crocetta cru, Vigna Mandragola, in Mombercelli, aged about 6 months in steel and bottle.
Tasting notes
Deep ruby red. Medium-intensity Barbera, spicy and herbaceous in style, with dried strawberry, cherry and incense. Delicate, light to medium-bodied and easy on the tannins, with juicy red berries and a touch of green herbs at the end.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Asti DOCG
- Grape
- Barbera
- Cru / vineyard
- Crocetta (Vigna Mandragola)
- Production area
- Mombercelli
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot training; about 4,500 plants per hectare
- Vinification
- Alcoholic fermentation lasts 7-10 days in horizontal steel tanks with steady rotation to extract colour; malolactic fermentation also in steel. Ageing of about 6 months, split between steel and bottle.
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