Red
Barbera d'Asti Superiore
By Cantina Sant'Evasio, Nizza, Piemonte, Italy
The estate's main Barbera d'Asti, aged for a year in large casks and a further six months in bottle for more structure than the young Barbera.
Tasting notes
Ruby red with garnet tinges. Intense, very persistent bouquet with delicate spiced notes and hints of raspberry and violet. Full-bodied, warm, harmonious palate with good acidity and structure.
Pairs well with
Red meat second courses, game and aged cheeses.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Asti D.O.C.G. Superiore
- Grape
- Barbera
- Cru / vineyard
- San Nicolao
- Production area
- San Nicolao hill, Nizza Monferrato
- Soil
- Fossil marl
- Exposure
- South and south-west
- Harvest
- After mid-September and the first ten days of October, depending on grape ripeness
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot training, 220m above sea level
- Vinification
- Destemmed and crushed, fermented for 8-10 days with repeated pump-overs to optimise colour, tannin and aroma extraction, then racked, with malolactic fermentation and tartaric stabilisation in steel. Aged 12 months in 2,500-litre casks plus a further 6 months in bottle.
- Serving temperature
- 16-18°C; uncork at least half an hour before serving, can be decanted and allowed to breathe
- Storage
- Reaches Superiore status after at least a year's ageing, from the January after harvest, with a minimum 12.5% abv
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