Red
Barbera d'Alba Superiore
By Cascina Alberta, Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy
A Barbera d'Alba Superiore from Treiso vines of 20 to 30 years, aged in 25 hl Slavonian oak and produced only in great vintages. Organic.
Tasting notes
Full, intense and round, recalling red-fruit jam, lightly spiced; keeps the freshness and fruit typical of Barbera with a pleasant spicy fragrance.
Pairs well with
Good with the whole meal, with very flavourful first or second courses, and excellent with cheese
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Alba Superiore DOC
- Grape
- Barbera
- Production area
- Treiso (CN)
- Soil
- Limestone with sand
- Exposure
- South, south-west; 350 m above sea level
- Harvest
- End of September, by hand in crates
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot; vines 20 to 30 years old; yield 40 hl/ha; about 6,500 bottles a year
- Vinification
- Gently pressed; fermented in stainless steel at controlled temperature with indigenous yeasts. After racking, 9 to 12 months in 25 hl Slavonian oak barrels, where malolactic fermentation takes place. 15% alcohol. Made only in great vintages.
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