Red
Le Mie Donne
By Cascina Adelaide, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
A fresh Barbera d'Alba dedicated by Amabile Drocco to the women who support him, aged 6 months in steel.
Tasting notes
Ruby with a violet rim. Winey, with plum and cherry on nose and palate and an acidity that gives it liveliness and freshness.
Pairs well with
Perfect with red meat and fresh cheeses.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Alba DOC
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Soil
- Calcareous clay, Tortonian
- Exposure
- South-west
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot with medium-short pruning, about 5,000 vines per hectare, yield reduced by thinning 20% of the bunches
- Vinification
- Ripe grapes picked into small perforated 20 kg crates and sorted bunch by bunch; crushing within a few hours of picking. Fermentation with native yeasts at a controlled temperature of about 28 °C; short but intense maceration of about 80 hours with regular punch-downs. The new wine stays in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks for spontaneous malolactic fermentation. Ageing: 6 months in steel.
- Serving temperature
- 18 °C
- Storage
- Ages 3-4 years from the vintage; keep the bottle lying down. Alcohol 13.5% vol, residual sugar 2.5 g/l, total acidity 6.2 g/l, dry extract 27 g/l.
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