Sweet
Passito Mappale 61
By Cantina Riboli, Asti, Piemonte, Italy
The estate's Barbera passito, first attempted in 2019, made from grapes dried on racks for over 60 days. About 300 numbered half-bottles.
Tasting notes
Garnet red with orange reflections. Complex, intense nose of black cherry and dried fig, with overripe red fruit and a spicy note from the wood. Sweet and consistent, yet fresh on nose and palate.
Pairs well with
Aged cheeses with jams, or Bean to Bar chocolate.
Technical details
- Style
- Sweet
- Denomination
- Piemonte Barbera Passito DOC
- Grape
- Barbera
- Production area
- Sessame
- Soil
- Clayey
- Harvest
- Beginning of October
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot training; vines 9 years old on average
- Vinification
- The estate tried drying the grapes on the vine in 2019 but the weather did not allow it, so they built racks and dried the grapes for over 60 days. Bunches are destemmed by hand one by one, fermented in steel, filtered through Irish bags and aged 18 months in barriques. About 300 bottles, numbered by hand. Alcohol 15%, bottle 375 ml.
- Serving temperature
- 18-20°C
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