Red
Nove Filari
By Cantina Riboli, Asti, Piemonte, Italy
The estate's flagship, made from the nine historic Barbera rows from which the winery started. A long-ageing Barbera d'Asti Superiore in a selection of about 900 bottles.
Tasting notes
Garnet red, from the long time in wood and bottle. A wide bouquet of ripe red fruit, strawberry, nutmeg and black pepper.
Pairs well with
Important first courses such as truffle risotto, braised beef or pasta with game ragu; also grilled meats, boiled meats and blue cheeses.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Nove Filari
- Production area
- Hills of Sessame, Barbera d'Asti DOCG zone
- Soil
- Calcareous clayey
- Harvest
- Mid-October to early November
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot training; vines 39 years old on average per the tech sheet (the wines page says over 50 years)
- Vinification
- Careful grape selection, with the harvest in the early morning hours to keep the grapes fresh. Slow, soft crushing and destemming, then 15 days of fermentation in fully insulated tanks at controlled temperature with 2 pumpovers a day and a delestage. The wine stays 2 more months on the skins, the pomace is pressed very softly (under 1 bar) and the wine ages in tonneaux of different ages and toasting. Produced only in vintages when the grapes reach the right concentration.
- Serving temperature
- 17-19°C
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- Blanc de Noirs
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- Mappale 41, Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG
- Mappale 61, Barbera d'Asti DOCG
- Mappale 99, Monferrato DOC Bianco
- Passito Fantasia, Piemonte Moscato Vendemmia Tardiva DOCG
- Passito Mappale 61, Piemonte Barbera Passito DOC
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