# Riserva RdF (Coppo)

> Red, Nizza DOCG Riserva by [Coppo](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/coppo.md), Asti, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/coppo-riserva-rdf).

- **Producer:** Coppo
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Nizza DOCG Riserva
- **Grape:** Barbera
- **Production area:** Castelnuovo Calcea
- **Soil:** Calcareous clay marl with prevalence of silt
- **Exposure:** South – south west
- **Harvest:** Hand selection of healthiest, ripest grapes in 40 lb picking baskets
- **Vineyard planting:** Guyot, 650 ft a.s.l.
- **Vinification:** Maceration with skin contact with short and soft pumping over the skin cap. Malo-lactic totally carried out. 20 months aging in French oak barrels.
- **Serving temperature:** 14-16°C
- **Last updated:** 2026-02-15


## Summary

RdF, the highest interpretation of the Barbera variety by Coppo since 1998.

## Tasting notes

Color: intense ruby red. Nose: deep and penetrating with ripe red fruit hints of plum and berries enveloped in an ethereal bouquet. Taste: warm, enveloping and full bodied, extremely long-lasting persistence, in great harmony with the perfume.

## Food pairings

Wild game meat, meat sauce ravioli, cardoon flan with fonduta