Red
Mepari
By De Alessi (Tenuta San Sebastiano), Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
A Barbera from the 1.5 ha Mepari plot, planted in 1985 and aged 15 months in wood. The producer says it can age 5 to 8 years and beyond.
Tasting notes
Intense, almost impenetrable ruby red with violet hints. Cocoa, graphite and sweet spice on the nose. Full body with a velvety note, notable youthfulness and well-judged, non-invasive oak.
Pairs well with
Meat dishes, roasts and braises.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera del Monferrato Superiore DOCG
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Mepari
- Production area
- Lu Monferrato (AL)
- Soil
- Calcareous
- Exposure
- South/South-west
- Harvest
- Early October
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot (low), 5,000 vines per hectare, 6,000 kg per hectare, 270 m, 1.5 ha planted in 1985
- Vinification
- Traditional fermentation with continuous pump-overs in steel tanks at 28 to 30 °C, no added yeasts, 20 to 30 days, spontaneous malolactic. Aged 6 months in steel with periodic rackings, 15 months in tonneau and barriques, 9 months in bottle. Bottled 20 months after the harvest. 7,500 bottles; also in magnum and jeroboam.
- Serving temperature
- 16 to 18 °C, open a few hours earlier
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