Red
Barbera d'Asti
By Cantine Carel, Asti, Piemonte, Italy
Barbera d'Asti DOCG from Nizza vineyards, macerated 12 to 14 days and aged in steel.
Tasting notes
Colour: intense and penetrating, with deep ruby reflections. Nose: decided, dominated by ripe fruit, mainly cherries, plums and red berries. Palate: complex, structured and harmonious, long; fresh and ripe red fruit, cherry and redcurrant.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Asti DOCG
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Production area
- Nizza
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot
- Vinification
- Destemming and gentle crushing keep the skins from tearing and the berries intact. Long maceration of 12 to 14 days extracts the anthocyanins. After racking off and completion of malolactic fermentation the wine is aged in steel tanks.
- Serving temperature
- 16-18°C
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