Red
Litina
By Cascina Castlèt, Asti, Piemonte, Italy
Named after the aunt whose dowry included this Barbera vineyard, still farmed and vinified separately today.
Tasting notes
Intense ruby red turning garnet with age. Broad, intense, very persistent bouquet with vanilla and forest-fruit notes. Dry, warm, full-bodied, highlighting the variety's vinosity, with notable softness, balance and a long, intense finish. Alcohol 14.5 to 15% vol.
Pairs well with
Pasta dishes such as tagliatelle and ravioli with meat or game ragù, meat mains, stews and roasts, medium-aged cheeses, tome and pecorino.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOC
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Litina
- Production area
- The Litina vineyard, Costigliole d'Asti.
- Exposure
- Hillside position, well exposed to the sun.
- Harvest
- Hand-picked in the first half of October, grapes go straight to vinification.
- Vineyard planting
- Vines over thirty years old, about 5,000 vines per hectare, yield 70 quintals per hectare (49 hl of wine).
- Vinification
- Skin-contact fermentation lasts about 12 days at a constant 28°C for maximum colour and tannin extraction, followed immediately by malolactic fermentation.
- Serving temperature
- 18°C in fairly wide glasses.
- Storage
- Aged about 8 months in medium oak casks, then over a year in bottle; released in the second year after harvest and keeps developing for 4 to 5 years at a constant 15°C.
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