Red
Barbera d'Alba Superiore
By Franco Boasso - Gabutti, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Barbera d'Alba Superiore from Serralunga d'Alba, four months in oak.
Tasting notes
Bright, intense colour, balanced acidity, smooth and velvety with cherry and plum aromas; warm, soft palate of black cherry and plum. Drinkable young, with ageing potential of 8-10 years per the producer.
Pairs well with
Meat appetisers, pasta dishes, meat dishes, soft cheeses
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Alba Superiore DOC
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Production area
- Serralunga d'Alba
- Soil
- Calcareous-clayey
- Exposure
- East-west
- Harvest
- End of September to beginning of October; yield 100 quintals per hectare
- Vineyard planting
- 1.5 ha per page (7,700 m2 per tech sheet), planted 1999; Guyot; altitude 300-390 m
- Vinification
- Fermentation on the skins in steel for 15 days; aged 12 months, 4 of them in oak barrels; not filtered. About 7,000 bottles.
- Serving temperature
- 17-20 C
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