Red
Barbera d'Alba
By Giuseppe Cortese, Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy
A strongly traditional Barbera kept entirely in stainless steel, aiming at character together with finesse.
Tasting notes
Intense yet delicate vinous perfume, dry flavour and full body that mellows with age. Deep purplish-red colour.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Alba DOC
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Production area
- Barbaresco, 0.7 hectares, 200 to 330 m above sea level
- Soil
- Limestone and clay
- Exposure
- West
- Vineyard planting
- About 35 years old, Guyot, 4,000 vines per hectare, 80 quintals per hectare, about 5,000 bottles, hand harvested
- Vinification
- About 20 days of fermentation in stainless steel; matured entirely in stainless steel; at least 6 months in bottle before release.
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