Red
Nizza
By Cascina Guido Berta, Nizza, Piemonte, Italy
A Nizza DOCG from 100% Barbera grown across the 18-commune Nizza production zone, fermented in steel and aged 24 months in barrique.
Tasting notes
Intense garnet red with violet highlights. Deep and complex on the nose, with fruity notes of cherry and plum and hints of chocolate. Full and harmonious on the palate, with ripe red fruit and almond, closing long and pleasant.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Nizza DOCG
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Production area
- Nizza DOCG zone: a district of 18 communes around Nizza Monferrato
- Soil
- Limestone-clay
- Vineyard planting
- Planted 1990-2007
- Vinification
- Fermented in steel tanks for about 10-15 days; once alcoholic and malolactic fermentation finish, the wine goes into barriques to age for 24 months.
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