Red
Morassina
By Giuseppe Cortese, Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy
A Barbera d'Alba from a one-hectare vineyard, balancing the freshness of the grape with 18 months in Slavonian oak.
Tasting notes
Intense, velvety vinous perfume. Dry and full-bodied, with a deep purplish, almost impenetrable red colour.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Alba DOC
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Morassina
- Production area
- Barbaresco, 1 hectare, 200 to 330 m above sea level
- Soil
- Limestone and clay
- Exposure
- South and south-west
- Vineyard planting
- About 45 years old, Guyot, 4,000 vines per hectare, 80 quintals per hectare, about 8,000 bottles, hand harvested
- Vinification
- About 20 days of fermentation in stainless steel; 18 months in 17 hl Slavonian oak casks; at least 6 months in bottle before release.
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