Red
Barbera d'Asti Superiore
By Bricco dei Guazzi, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
The estate's Barbera from the steep, south-facing Costa vineyard, aged in oak for about 18 months. Alcohol 14.5%, first vintage 2019, drinks well for 8-10 years.
Tasting notes
Intense ruby red with violet shades. Intense, enveloping nose: violet first, then very ripe fruit, plum, blackberry and blueberry, closing with spice and liquorice. Warm, enveloping palate with discreet, elegant tannin; the variety's acidity gives it a long life.
Pairs well with
Rich first courses, traditional Piedmontese meat sauces, boiled meats or bagna cauda; also flavourful fish dishes such as salt cod.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Costa
- Production area
- Monferrato alessandrino, Olivola; vines 15-20 years old, 150 to 250 m above sea level
- Soil
- White calcareous marl, on a steep slope (up to 20%) that stops any water pooling
- Exposure
- Due south
- Vineyard planting
- Cordone speronato, 4,800 vines per hectare, yield 60-70 q/ha. Vigneto Costa, traditionally called Sangonin, was listed as a cru by Luigi Veronelli.
- Vinification
- Skins macerate with the must for a week at 25-28 C in large steel tanks, with frequent pumping over. After malolactic fermentation the wine ages partly in French oak barriques and partly in 15-20 hl casks for about 18 months, then at least 6 months in bottle.
- Serving temperature
- 18 C
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