Red

Sul Bric

By Franco M. Martinetti, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy

Franco M. Martinetti Sul Bric

In Piemontese dialect, sul bric means on the edge of a ravine, or on top of a wild hill. Sul Bric blends old-vine Barbera with Cabernet Sauvignon.

Tasting notes

Purple red fading to a soft violet; a rich, intense, spicy nose where the deft use of oak has blended the aromas of Cabernet and Barbera. Full, round and savoury on the palate, with velvety power and a long, pleasant finish.

Pairs well with

A wine of supreme elegance for red meats and furred game, and above all a wine of seduction, to offer the person you would like to seduce.

Technical details

Style
Red
Denomination
Monferrato Rosso DOC
Grape
Barbera, Cabernet Sauvignon
Production area
Nizza Monferrato (AT)
Soil
Calcareous, sandy-leaning soil
Exposure
South
Vineyard planting
About 250 m altitude, hillside vineyard, about 4,800 vines per hectare, spurred cordon trained with Guyot pruning; Barbera vines over 40 years old (rootstock 420A), Cabernet Sauvignon vines over 20 years old (rootstock Rupestris du Lot and S04); about 4 hectares.
Vinification
Grapes hand-harvested (yield about 50-55 quintals/ha grape, 35-38 hl/ha wine); destemmed and pressed, macerated on the skins for about 8 days at controlled fermentation temperature, aged in fine-grain French oak barriques for about 12-14 months.

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