Sweet

Zero Quindici

By Barberis, Langhe, Piemonte, Italy

Barberis Zero Quindici

Sweet wine from dried Moscato grapes, made only in the best vintages after a 2015 drought; sold in a 500 ml bottle with a single gift sleeve.

Tasting notes

Golden yellow. Intense orange blossom, dates, dried apricot, honey and hazelnut. Rich, broad and harmonious, with very long persistence.

Pairs well with

Rich enough to drink alone as a final treat, or with sweet or savoury food. In Piedmont: aged Roccaverano DOP. In Italy: blue cheeses, Sicilian cannoli. Worldwide: chicken teriyaki, grilled eel with sweet sauce, baklava.

Technical details

Style
Sweet
Grape
Moscato 100%
Production area
Cortemilia (CN), about 300 m above sea level; terraces below the cellar
Soil
Very sandy (73% sand)
Exposure
South
Harvest
Second ten days of October; grapes dried (appassite) before pressing
Vineyard planting
Guyot, 4,000 vines/ha; planted 2012
Vinification
Aromatic grapes left to dry, with the must extracted using great-grandfather Alberto's press in the family's infernot. About 15-20 hours of skin maceration in a pneumatic press to extract the primary aromas, then fermentation at controlled temperature until 12-13% vol. alcohol; the fermentation is stopped by cooling and followed by sterile filtration. 10 months in steel with regular bâtonnages and 10-12 months in bottle (older sheet). Diam stopper.
Serving temperature
8-10 °C

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