Red
Vignali
By L'Armangia, Asti, Piemonte, Italy
The Nizza DOCG Riserva bottling from the Vignali-Rocche cru, requiring 100% Barbera grapes and a minimum ageing of 30 months, at least 12 in oak. Can age 10 to 15 years.
Tasting notes
Deep ruby red with a purple shade at the rim, veering to garnet with a few years of ageing. Nose of stone fruit, strawberries, violets, vanilla, almonds, balsamic and Mediterranean scrub notes, occasionally smoky and mineral. Tasty and full bodied, sometimes with good acidity; slightly astringent tannins when young but never overpowered by oak thanks to its structure.
Pairs well with
Red and grilled meats, game, roasts, cheeses and soups.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Nizza DOCG Riserva
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Vignali-Rocche
- Production area
- Western area of the Nizza DOCG appellation, cru Vignali-Rocche, altitude around 240 to 260 metres, 5 to 10% slope
- Soil
- Ranges from markedly alkaline to dominant clayey and chalky soil, poor in organic matter
- Exposure
- West
- Harvest
- September 2nd to October 8th, depending on the season
- Vinification
- Traditional vinification in steel vats, immediately followed by storage of 100% of the product in new 300 litre oak casks. A second racking is performed between June and August. The wine stays in small barrels for 11 to 13 months, then moves to a large cask for a further 10 to 12 months, followed by 12 to 24 months of bottle ageing.
- Serving temperature
- 18 to 20 C
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