Red
Rosignolo
By Cantina Sant'Evasio, Nizza, Piemonte, Italy
Sant'Evasio's first barrique-aged Barbera, launched with the 1988 vintage as the estate's pioneering premium selection, named after a blackbird heard singing while tasting its first vintage.
Tasting notes
Ruby red with garnet tinges and pleasant violet reflections. Intense, complex bouquet, elegantly oaked and very persistent, with delicate spiced notes and ripe red fruit. Full-bodied, soft, very persistent palate, balanced between the variety's typical acidity and barrique tannins.
Pairs well with
Red meat second courses, elegantly, plus stews, game and well-aged cheeses and polenta.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Asti D.O.C.G. Superiore
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- San Nicolao
- Production area
- San Nicolao hill, Nizza Monferrato
- Soil
- Marl
- Exposure
- South-west
- Harvest
- After a green harvest in July, then between 1 and 10 October depending on ripeness
- Vineyard planting
- Low guyot training, 215m above sea level, yield about 5,000 litres of wine per hectare
- Vinification
- Destemmed and crushed, fermented in steel tanks with repeated pump-overs for colour, tannin and aroma extraction, then cold-stabilised naturally over winter. Aged over a year in barriques (225-litre oak casks), bottled the following summer and rested a further 6 months at the estate.
- Serving temperature
- 14-16°C; uncork an hour ahead, decant if possible, serve in large balloon glasses
- Storage
- Suited to long ageing
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