Red
Barbera d'Alba
By Giuseppe Ellena, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Barbera d'Alba from the Ellena family's vineyard in La Morra, planted in 2005 on calcareous-clayey soil facing west. Aged for 12 months in steel and used barriques and bottled unfiltered.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Alba DOC
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Production area
- La Morra
- Soil
- Calcareous-clayey
- Exposure
- West
- Harvest
- Beginning of October
- Vineyard planting
- 0.75 ha planted in 2005, 260 m above sea level
- Vinification
- Wild yeasts. 7 days of maceration on the skins with frequent pump-overs. Malolactic fermentation in steel; ageing for 12 months in steel and second-year French barriques. Bottled in summer without filtration, followed by 3 to 6 months of bottle ageing.
- Serving temperature
- 16 C
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