Red
Rio Sordo
By Ca' Rome', Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy
Barbaresco from the Rio Sordo vineyard in the Barbaresco commune, aged 24 months mostly in large Slavonian oak barrels.
Tasting notes
Intense garnet red with dark ruby reflections. Complex nose of licorice and forest berries, cinnamon, cloves and violet. Full, enveloping tannins with a long finish recalling ripe fruit.
Pairs well with
Meat, game and cheese
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbaresco DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Rio Sordo
- Production area
- Barbaresco
- Soil
- White marl of Saint Agatha (Tortonian-Messinian period), rich in manganese, zinc and boron, with fine particles that form easily erodible laminae (silty marl)
- Vinification
- Carefully selected grapes are destemmed and pressed. Maceration lasts about 15 days at a maximum temperature of 30°C (86°F). Malolactic fermentation ends before winter is over. Aged 24 months in 25-hl Slavonian oak barrels, part of it also in barrique, then a further 10 months in bottle. Alcohol content: 14% by volume.
- Serving temperature
- 17°C (62.6°F)
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