Red
Mappale 41
By Cantina Riboli, Asti, Piemonte, Italy
A more structured and concentrated Barbera d'Asti than Mappale 61, where the estate's experiments with ageing start to show. The name refers to the cadastral parcel and to the age of founder Marco, 41, when he bought the farm.
Tasting notes
Ruby red tending to garnet. Intense, vinous and persistent aromas of cherry, plum and dark berries, evolving into jam and fruit in alcohol, with intense balsamic, spicy and sometimes floral notes.
Pairs well with
The great dishes of Piedmontese cuisine and meat dishes: mixed boiled meats, stew with polenta, wild boar in civet, green tongue. Ideal with cheeses, especially aged or blue ones.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Production area
- Hills of Sessame, Barbera d'Asti DOCG zone
- Harvest
- Beginning to end of October
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot training; vines 9 years old on average
- Vinification
- Grapes are selected at harvest, softly crushed and destemmed, then fermented in temperature-controlled steel tanks at 20-24°C to protect freshness, elegance and bouquet. About one month of post-fermentation maceration, then ageing in tonneaux of different ages and toasting.
- Serving temperature
- 18-20°C
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