Red
Serragrilli
By Cascina Alberta, Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy
A Barbaresco from a 0.3 hectare Serragrilli parcel at Neive, aged 18 months in oak. The only wine of the estate that cannot be certified organic, as the parcel sits among conventional growers.
Tasting notes
Fresh and almost light; fruit with a delicate spice on the nose and palate; delicate yet long and lasting.
Pairs well with
Good with all dishes
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbaresco DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo
- Cru / vineyard
- Serragrilli
- Production area
- Neive (CN)
- Soil
- Limestone with sand
- Exposure
- South, south-west; 240 m above sea level
- Harvest
- October and November, by hand
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot; vines 30 years old; yield 55 hl/ha; about 5,000 bottles a year; a 2,800 m2 (about 0.3 ha) vineyard at Neive, managed by the estate since 2021
- Vinification
- Gently crushed; fermented with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel with a submerged cap for 50 days, malolactic fermentation included. Aged 18 months in 25 hl Slavonian oak barrels, then in bottle; released 3 years after harvest. 14.5% alcohol.
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