Red
Barbera d'Asti Superiore
By La Briusa, Asti, Piemonte, Italy
Barbera d'Asti Superiore aged twelve months in barrique. 13.5% abv; the site lists the 2021 vintage at 13.50 EUR.
Tasting notes
Sour cherry and liquorice stand out on the nose, with light vanilla and balsamic notes. On the palate sour cherry and liquorice dominate, with balsamic notes in a pleasantly persistent finish.
Pairs well with
Ideal with succulent dishes, baked pasta, intense soups, meat, roasts, grills, ribs, game, dishes with white truffle, and aged, spicy cheeses, especially Parmigiano Reggiano 24, 36 and 48 months. A good meditation wine with dark chocolate. The producer suggests opening the bottle an hour before drinking and using a decanter.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Asti Superiore 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, then twelve months in medium-toast Allier oak barrique.
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