# Barbera d'Alba Superiore (Cascina Mucci)

> Red, Barbera d'Alba DOC Superiore by [Cascina Mucci](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/cascina-mucci.md), Langhe, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cascina-mucci-barbera-d-alba-superiore).

- **Producer:** Cascina Mucci
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Barbera d'Alba DOC Superiore
- **Grape:** Barbera 100%
- **Production area:** Roddino (Località Mucci)
- **Soil:** Calcareous, sandy and clayey soils
- **Harvest:** Two harvests, 25 to 29 September 2022
- **Vineyard planting:** Barata (planted 2002), Manno (2007) and the vineyard behind the cellar (2017); English sheet also names Trivé (2018); Guyot training
- **Vinification:** Soft crushing and destemming; 10 days on the skins with pumping over three times a day; malolactic fermentation in steel during alcoholic fermentation; at least 24 months in 228-litre French oak barriques, more than a third new. Yield for Barbera alone 320 g/sq m.
- **Serving temperature:** 17-19 °C; decanting in a carafe recommended
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-04



## Summary

Estate Barbera aged in French barriques, from the Barata, Manno and behind-the-cellar vineyards. 2,000 bottles and 43 magnums of the 2022.

## Tasting notes

Dark ruby red. Fresh and very intense nose. Complex, structured, very intense and persistent, still young (2022 vintage).

## Food pairings

Red meats, roasts and important dishes; grilled meat, wild boar, aged cheeses such as hard Bra.