Red
Vigna Beneficio
By Cascina Sciorio, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
Sciorio's flagship single-vineyard Barbera from its oldest vines, aged two years in barrique.
Tasting notes
The estate's most important and most powerful Barbera: concentrated, structured and long-lived, with the old vines giving real density.
Pairs well with
Meat dishes, roasts and large game; also first courses.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Vigna Beneficio
- Production area
- Costigliole d'Asti (AT), Monferrato Astigiano
- Soil
- Calcareous clay of marine sedimentary origin
- Exposure
- West
- Harvest
- Early October
- Vineyard planting
- The estate's oldest vineyard, on land once part of a historic 'beneficio' (a bequest of a house and land, of which only the land remains). Old vines give few, small bunches. About 279 m above sea level; bunch thinning in early August.
- Vinification
- Hand-picked into crates, gently crushed and destemmed, fermented in cement. Aged 24 months in barriques, then at least 6 months in bottle. 17% ABV.
- Serving temperature
- 16-18°C
- Storage
- Long-lived; suited to extended cellaring.
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