# Monleale (Cantina di Tortona)

> Red, Colli Tortonesi DOC Monleale by [Cantina di Tortona](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/cantina-di-tortona.md), Colli Tortonesi, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cantina-di-tortona-monleale).

- **Producer:** Cantina di Tortona
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Colli Tortonesi DOC Monleale
- **Grape:** Barbera
- **Production area:** Monleale, southeast side of the hill, and the Profigate hamlet
- **Soil:** Deep, sandy clay soil with a sandy skeleton
- **Exposure:** Southeast, 200 to 400 m above sea level
- **Vineyard planting:** Guyot training, 8 buds per plant, 5,000 vines per hectare
- **Vinification:** Macerated for 15 days at controlled temperature with 4 delestage cycles, aged 24 months in large tonneau casks, 6 months stabilising in cement, then 1 year in bottle.
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-25


## Summary

Monleale is Cantina di Tortona's Barbera from the clay-sandy soils of the Monleale hill, an area the cooperative singles out for giving Barbera exceptional longevity. The village overlooks the Po plain on the historic transit route between Piemonte, Liguria, Lombardy and Emilia.

## Tasting notes

Cherry colour with a garnet rim. Sour cherry blends with liquorice, plum jam and a hint of undergrowth on the nose. Warm on the palate, wrapped in silky tannins with an acid-savoury balance that makes the wine extremely persistent.