# Barbaresco (Cantina San Matteo)

> Red, Barbaresco DOCG by [Cantina San Matteo](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/cantina-san-matteo.md), Gavi, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cantina-san-matteo-barbaresco).

- **Producer:** Cantina San Matteo
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Barbaresco DOCG
- **Grape:** Nebbiolo 100%
- **Production area:** Neive, province of Cuneo
- **Soil:** Marl (clay-limestone)
- **Exposure:** Varies, mostly south-facing
- **Harvest:** September to October, by hand
- **Vineyard planting:** Vines over 20 years old on average. Guyot. Yield 80 quintals per hectare. Low-yield vineyard care with frequent cleaning, green pruning, thinning and minimal chemical treatments.
- **Vinification:** Conventional red vinification: fermentation and maceration in stainless steel at controlled temperature with selected yeasts (Italian page; the English page says indigenous yeasts), pumping over for at least 20 days. Aged 26 months, of which 10 in oak tonneaux. Low total sulphites.
- **Serving temperature:** 19 °C
- **Storage:** Store horizontally in a cool, damp place at about 15 °C, away from direct sunlight.
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-08



## Summary

Barbaresco DOCG from 20-year-plus Nebbiolo vines at Neive, aged 26 months with 10 in oak, 14% ABV.

## Tasting notes

Still, garnet red with ruby reflections; sour cherry and wild berry aromas that grow into the cocoa and vanilla of the oak. Elegant and balanced, with unobtrusive tannin and persistence. Good ageing potential.

## Food pairings

Traditional Piedmontese dishes with intense flavour: meat and vegetable dishes, furred and feathered game (boar, hare and pheasant civet), spit-roast and grilled red meats, aged cheeses, tajarin with hare ragu.