Red
Barbera d'Alba
By Gabriele Cordero, Roero, Piemonte, Italy
A Barbera d'Alba designed to be easy to drink and easy to match with many dishes. The grapes come from the Biegio vineyard, which is pictured on the label.
Tasting notes
Blackcurrant and red fruit on the nose; on the palate fragrant sour cherry and raspberry.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Alba DOC
- Grape
- Barbera
- Cru / vineyard
- Biegio
- Production area
- Valle Biegio, between Priocca and Castellinaldo
- Soil
- Sandy with a good percentage of clay
- Exposure
- West
- Vineyard planting
- Barbera planted in 2016; Guyot
- Vinification
- Harvested in crates with bunch selection in the vineyard; grapes are chilled overnight and then crushed. Fermentation and maceration take place in a temperature-controlled tank, with maceration of about 20 days. The wine is then drawn off and separated from the free-run, which finishes spontaneous malolactic fermentation in steel. Stays in steel until bottling.