Red
19 Marzo 1878
By Giacomo Boveri, Colli Tortonesi, Piemonte, Italy
Barbera from a 1920 vineyard, probably the oldest in Costa Vescovato, on land bought on 19 March 1878 by the great-great-grandfather of Giacomo Boveri. One year in steel and 6 months in bottle.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Colli Tortonesi DOC Barbera
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Production area
- Costa Vescovato (AL)
- Soil
- Medium-textured clay
- Exposure
- South-west
- Harvest
- End of September, by hand
- Vineyard planting
- Planted 1920 (some vines about ninety years old per the tech sheet), 250 m above sea level, 1 x 2.60 m spacing, Guyot training, 80 q/ha. Fertilised with organic-based products, green manure in alternate rows, mechanical weeding. Since 2019 the estate has followed the DTP Passione & Ragione sustainable viticulture protocol.
- Vinification
- Crushing and fermentation in steel at a controlled 26 °C, delastage mid-fermentation, then 4 to 8 days of maceration at the end of fermentation depending on the vintage. One year in steel, bottling, then 6 months in bottle before release.
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