Red
La Padrona
By Domenico Serra, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
The estate's Barbera d'Asti, grown on a 2-hectare, south-facing plot at Agliano Terme.
Tasting notes
Deep ruby red with violet highlights. Intense aromas of red fruit, clean and direct. Fresh on the palate, with good structure and a persistent finish.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Asti DOCG
- Grape
- Barbera
- Production area
- Agliano Terme, about 2 hectares of vines.
- Soil
- Pale, sand-rich soil the locals call "sabbie astiane": clayey-calcareous marl of marine sedimentary origin, low in organic matter but rich in trace elements, especially magnesium.
- Exposure
- South facing, at about 250 metres above sea level.
- Harvest
- Hand-picked.
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot-trained.
- Vinification
- Soft crushing and destemming, cold skin maceration at 8 to 10°C for 48 hours, then fermentation on the skins for 8 to 10 days at a controlled temperature of 25 to 26°C in soft-system tanks. The wine then rests on its own lees for an average of 5 to 6 months in steel tanks.
- Serving temperature
- 17-18°C
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