Red
Valletta
By Claudio Alario, Langhe, Piemonte, Italy
Comes from the estate's oldest vineyard, which gives top quality grapes every year: a wine built to be enjoyed young but with good potential for ageing in the cellar.
Tasting notes
Deep ruby red. Characteristic bouquet with notes of blackberry, plum and jam. Smooth, engaging and enveloping palate.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Alba Superiore DOC
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Valletta
- Production area
- Diano d'Alba (CN)
- Soil
- Sand and clay
- Exposure
- South to south-westerly
- Harvest
- Mid-October
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot-trained vines, over 60 years old, at a density of 4000-5000 plants per hectare. About 2 hectares, altitude around 450 m, the estate's oldest vineyard, farmed for low yields. First vintage produced 1988.
- Vinification
- Fermented in temperature-controlled tanks for 10 to 12 days. Aged 18 months in French barriques (40% new).
- Serving temperature
- 16-18°C
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