# Zero Quindici (Barberis)

> Sweet by [Barberis](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/barberis.md), Langhe, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/barberis-zero-quindici).

- **Producer:** Barberis
- **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
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-04



## Summary

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.

## Food pairings

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.