Red
Barbera d'Asti Superiore
By Cascina Guido Berta, Nizza, Piemonte, Italy
The Superiore version of the estate's Barbera d'Asti, aged 12 to 18 months in barrique.
Tasting notes
Intense ruby red. Deep and complex on the nose, expressing Barbera's character with fruity notes of cherry and plum and hints of chocolate. Full-bodied and harmonious on the palate, with ripe red fruit and almond and a long finish.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Production area
- San Marzano Oliveto (Saline), with a couple of plots in Agliano Terme and Nizza Monferrato
- Soil
- Limestone-clay
- Vineyard planting
- Planted 1980-2000
- Vinification
- Fermented in steel tanks for about 10-15 days; once alcoholic and malolactic fermentation finish, the wine goes into barriques to age for 12-18 months.
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