Red
Barbera d'Alba
By F.lli Moscone, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Barbera d'Alba from Monforte d'Alba, about 8 months in large oak before bottling.
Tasting notes
Colour: dark ruby red. Nose: intense and enveloping, wild berries, plum and violets, with spicy, woody notes of pepper and liquorice. Palate: full-bodied and elegant, with the right acidity giving freshness and softening the alcohol; balanced by a soft, persistent tannin.
Pairs well with
Particularly good with traditional Piedmontese first courses, grilled meat and vegetables, roasts, braises, tasty aged cheeses, meatballs and vegetable balls.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Alba DOC
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Production area
- Monforte d'Alba, 450 to 480 m
- Soil
- Mostly clayey and calcareous
- Exposure
- South-west
- Harvest
- September, hand harvested
- Vineyard planting
- 4,500 vines per hectare, Guyot
- Vinification
- Hand harvest. About 15 days on the skins, fermentation at about 26°C in stainless steel, malolactic before winter. In spring into 25 hL large oak casks for about 8 months before bottling. 14.5% vol; 0.75 l and 1.5 l.
- Serving temperature
- 18°C
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