Red
Nizza
By La Collina degli Amici, Asti, Piemonte, Italy
Barbera from the Nizza DOCG area, which includes the estate's commune of Rocchetta Palafea, aged 18 months with a year in French oak.
Tasting notes
Intense dark ruby red. Full bodied with good acidity and soft tannins; aromas of dark berries and black plum, with hints of oak, licorice and leather.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Nizza DOCG
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Production area
- Rocchetta Palafea (AT)
- Soil
- Predominantly calcareous marl with clay and sand
- Harvest
- Manual harvest, end of September
- Vineyard planting
- Vines 45 to 50 years old, Guyot training
- Vinification
- Destemmed, hand-sorted grapes fermented 17 days on the skins in stainless steel, spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts. 18 months of ageing, one year of it in a 1000-litre French oak barrel. 14% alcohol, 1,333 bottles (2023).
- Serving temperature
- 15 C (60 F)
More from La Collina degli Amici
- Barbera d'Asti, Barbera d'Asti DOC
- Contact
- Fiorigialli, Vino Bianco
- Nebbiolo, Langhe DOC Nebbiolo
- Pét-Nat