Red
Mongovone
By Elio Perrone, Asti, Piemonte, Italy
Mongovone is a Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG from a south-facing vineyard planted in 1932 in Frazione Mongovone, Isola d'Asti, bought by the family in 2000.
Tasting notes
Rich in aromas, colors and structure.
Pairs well with
Game, mushrooms, truffles and aged cheeses.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Mongovone
- Production area
- Comune of Isola d'Asti, Frazione Mongovone
- Soil
- High levels of active limestone, large quantities of microelements.
- Exposure
- South-facing
- Harvest
- October
- Vineyard planting
- Planted in 1932; bought by the Perrone family in 2000
- Vinification
- After pressing and destemming, the must ferments in temperature-controlled steel tanks. The wine is then finished in small new French oak barrels for twelve months, and bottled two years after harvest.
- Storage
- Keeps for a very long time.
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