Red
Barbera d’Alba
By Fratelli Seghesio, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
A 100% Barbera aged in stainless steel, aiming at balance between fruit, perfume and acidity.
Tasting notes
Intense ruby red. Enveloping, warm nose with red fruits and flowers. Fruity, fresh and balanced.
Pairs well with
Starters, first courses, soups, pizza
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d’Alba DOC
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Production area
- Monforte d’Alba, Fraz. Castelletto
- Soil
- Marine sedimentary soil of the Lequio formation (Serravallian, about 12 million years old); young, shallow and calcareous, with silt and clay and rich in sand
- Exposure
- North-East, 330-350 m above sea level
- Harvest
- By hand, late September to early October
- Vineyard planting
- 1 hectare, vines 30 years old
- Vinification
- Fermentation on the skins in temperature-controlled rotary fermenters at 25-30 C for about 5 to 6 days, then 10 months in stainless steel until bottling. (The web page says nine months; the tech sheet says 10.)
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