Red
Barbaric
By Bocchino Giuseppe, Asti, Piemonte, Italy
Barbera d'Asti Superiore from the sunniest red-soil vineyards at Moasca; 15-16% vol.
Tasting notes
Garnet red with orange reflections. Very complex and spicy nose with a clear forest-floor note and a very faint vanilla-wood note. Tannic, structured, with marked acidity and very long persistence.
Pairs well with
Game, red meat, mature cheeses
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Production area
- Sunniest vineyards on red soils around Moasca
- Soil
- Sandy clay (franco-argilloso)
- Exposure
- South
- Serving temperature
- Room temperature, 18°C
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