Red
Barbera d'Asti
By La Briusa, Asti, Piemonte, Italy
Barbera d'Asti kept in steel and released after two months in bottle. 13.5% abv; the site lists the 2022 vintage at 7.50 EUR.
Tasting notes
Cherry on the nose; intense on the palate with a pleasantly persistent finish.
Pairs well with
Ideal with pasta dishes, medium-aged cheeses (in particular Parmigiano Reggiano 24 months), meat, roast veal, grilled beef and legume soups.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Asti DOCG
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Production area
- Hills of Vigliano d'Asti and Montegrosso d'Asti
- Soil
- Mostly calcareous, with small percentages of sand
- Exposure
- South-east
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot training, hillside vineyards at 279 m above sea level; vines range from about fifty years old (Barbera) to the 2017 plantings of Nebbiolo
- Vinification
- Three months in stainless steel tank and a further two months in bottle before release.
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- Barbera d'Asti Superiore, Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG
- Barbera Piemonte, Piemonte DOC Barbera
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- Grignolino d'Asti, Grignolino d'Asti DOC
- Monferrato Dolcetto, Monferrato DOC Dolcetto
- Monferrato Nebbiolo, Monferrato DOC Nebbiolo
- Piemonte Cortese, Piemonte DOC Cortese
- San Malvino, Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG