# Ai Suma (Braida)

> Red, Barbera d’Asti DOCG by [Braida](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/braida.md), Asti, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/braida-ai-suma).

- **Producer:** Braida
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Barbera d’Asti DOCG
- **Grape:** Barbera
- **Cru / vineyard:** Ai Suma
- **Production area:** Rocchetta Tanaro
- **Harvest:** late harvested
- **Vinification:** Temperature controlled maceration on skins takes place for 20 days. The wine spends 15 months in oak casks and then ages in the bottle for a year.
- **Serving temperature:** Serve at 18°C
- **Storage:** Best after 2007.
- **Last updated:** 2026-03-03


## Summary

On the 16th of October 1989, going against the advice given to him by everyone, Giacomo Bologna carried out a late harvest of Barbera. “Ai Suma!”, “we did it!” he exclaimed when he tasted the wine: a new Braida Barbera was born from his far-sightedness and stubbornness. Since 1989 it has been made in only the best vintages.

## Tasting notes

Very deep ruby red colour with garnet highlights. Ample, rich and complex bouquet with numerous scents of fruit and a background of vanilla, liquorice and cocoa notes. Full, powerful flavour with a great structure, yet elegant and sensual at the same time, harmonious and very persistent.   [Profiles: bold, fruity, aromatic, complex, spicy, velvety]

## Food pairings

Ideal with roasts and meat dishes, also with sauces, and mature cheeses.