Red
Barbera d'Alba
By Elio Altare, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Elio Altare's Barbera d'Alba, grown in La Morra with about 15,000 bottles produced a year.
Tasting notes
Deep, intense purple red. Elegant aromas of blackberry and sweet spice. Warm, full and soft on the palate, with balanced acidity and a long finish of red fruit.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Alba DOC
- Grape
- Barbera
- Production area
- La Morra
- Soil
- Calcareous in parts, also sandy
- Exposure
- East, north-east
- Vineyard planting
- Average vine age 10 to 30 years
- Vinification
- Skin maceration in temperature-controlled rotofermenters for 3 to 4 days, a brief 5-month passage in used French barriques
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