Red
La Corona
By F.lli Calorio, Roero, Piemonte, Italy
A Barbera d'Asti Superiore from Vignale Monferrato, aged 12 months in large oak casks.
Tasting notes
Colour: ruby red tending to garnet. Nose: plums, cassis and morello cherries. Palate: powerful and intense, with ripe fruit, spice and chocolate.
Pairs well with
Savoury first courses, meat dishes (roasts and boiled meats) and aged cheeses
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG
- Grape
- Barbera
- Cru / vineyard
- La Corona
- Production area
- Vignale Monferrato
- Soil
- Clayey, calcareous
- Exposure
- South
- Harvest
- Early October, hand-picked into crates
- Vinification
- Destemmed and crushed, fermented in steel tanks at 28 to 30 °C for 10 days with frequent pump-overs and punch-downs. Aged 12 months in 25 hl oak casks, then further in bottle.
- Serving temperature
- 18 to 20 °C
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