Red
La Luna
By F.lli Massucco, Roero, Piemonte, Italy
Barbera picked at two stages from one vineyard and aged in large French oak; 14% vol.
Tasting notes
Impenetrable ruby red. Remarkably intense nose of cherry, small wild berries, pepper and dried rose, with hints of withered red fruit. Full taste with a pleasant acidic vein and a sweet aftertaste, with perceptible residual sugar.
Pairs well with
Cheeses, meat-based first courses, important and spiced main courses; versatile through the meal.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Alba Superiore DOC
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Production area
- Castagnito (CN)
- Soil
- Calcareous and clay marls with sandy stratification
- Harvest
- First picking in October; second picking 30 to 40 days later (overripe)
- Vineyard planting
- Vertical trellis with Guyot pruning, 70 q/ha (50 q early harvest, 20 q overripe)
- Vinification
- Single vineyard picked twice: part in October and fermented in steel, the rest left on the vine another 30 to 40 days; the two wines are blended and aged in 3000 l French oak (page text also mentions oak barriques for 6 months).
- Serving temperature
- 18-20 °C
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