White
Birba
By Costa dei Tigli, Asti, Piemonte, Italy
A dry white from Costigliole d'Asti fermented off the skins, with peach and tropical fruit and a fine bubble.
Tasting notes
Golden-tinged white. Yellow fruit on the nose such as peach, mango and pineapple. Dry, with good structure, a delicate and elegant bubble and a long aromatic finish.
Pairs well with
Versatile: good as an aperitif, with starters and first courses, and with fish main courses thanks to its acidity.
Technical details
- Style
- White
- Denomination
- Vino Bianco
- Grape
- Barbera
- Production area
- Costigliole d'Asti
- Harvest
- End of September
- Vineyard planting
- Vineyards in Costigliole d'Asti, about 30 years old. Manual harvest.
- Vinification
- Hand-picked grapes are pressed and the must, taken off the skins, ferments for about 12 days. It then rests in steel tanks for a few months until bottling in spring (8 months in steel per the English page).
- Serving temperature
- 8°C, in tulip glasses
- Storage
- Released soon after bottling; could keep a few years but the producer suggests drinking it young.
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