Red

Barbera Superiore La Zerba

By Cantine Volpi, Colli Tortonesi, Piemonte, Italy

Cantine Volpi Barbera Superiore La Zerba

Barbera Superiore from the family's organic Cascina La Zerba vineyards in Volpedo.

Tasting notes

Barbera aged in French barriques and large casks. Brilliant, deep ruby red with violet reflections; complex aroma with light toasted notes and spicy red-berry fruit. Warm and full on the palate, with sweet hints of fruit in syrup and vanilla, great structure and persistence, light, sweet tannins.

Pairs well with

Cured-meat starters, structured first courses, red meats and game

Technical details

Style
Red
Denomination
Colli Tortonesi DOC Barbera Superiore
Grape
Barbera 100%
Cru / vineyard
La Zerba
Production area
Colli Tortonesi, Volpedo
Vinification
Destemmed and crushed; fermentation on the skins in temperature-controlled steel tanks at 22-27°C for 10 days; malolactic fermentation in steel. Aged 13 months, 6 of them in wooden casks (site).
Storage
Store below 25°C at 50-70% humidity; 5 years in closed bottle, 5 days once opened

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