# Sonvico (Cascina La Barbatella)

> Red, Monferrato Rosso DOC by [Cascina La Barbatella](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/cascina-la-barbatella.md), Nizza, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cascina-la-barbatella-sonvico).

- **Producer:** Cascina La Barbatella
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Monferrato Rosso DOC
- **Grape:** Barbera, Cabernet Sauvignon
- **Production area:** Nizza Monferrato, at 220 m altitude
- **Soil:** Calcareous tending to sandy
- **Exposure:** South
- **Harvest:** Third decade of September
- **Vineyard planting:** Planted 1989; Guyot training; about 4,200 vines/ha
- **Vinification:** Destemmed and crushed, then fermented on the skins in temperature-controlled steel tanks at 26 to 28°C for 15 to 20 days with frequent pumping over and punching down; malolactic fermentation in steel. Aged 20 to 24 months in medium-toast French oak barrique plus 6 months in steel, then 12 to 18 months in bottle before release.
- **Serving temperature:** 18°C
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-25


## Summary

A Barbera-Cabernet Sauvignon blend from the estate's oldest vines, first produced in 1995 and long aged before release.

## Tasting notes

An austere, structured and intriguing wine born of the estate's oldest Barbera and Cabernet Sauvignon vines: the Cabernet's firm tannin and the Barbera's freshness, built to reward long cellaring. The winery calls it a wine that carries the memory and history of the estate since its beginnings.