Red
Nero del Montone
By La Ghibellina, Gavi, Piemonte, Italy
A varietal Barbera under the Piemonte DOC, grown in the Comune di Gavi; average production is about 2,000 bottles a year.
Tasting notes
A deep, almost impenetrable ruby red, ample and sweet on the nose with ripe cherry, blackberry and raspberry and spice from the wood, with good structure, freshness and fine tannins, well balanced and persistent.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Piemonte DOC Barbera
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Production area
- Comune di Gavi
- Soil
- Sedimentary, clay soil
- Exposure
- South, south-east
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot training, high density; about 0.2 hectares under vine
- Vinification
- Fermented in stainless steel at controlled temperature. Matured in small barrels on their third or fourth passage, then aged in bottle for 12 months.
- Serving temperature
- 18°C
More from La Ghibellina
- Altius, Gavi DOCG
- Cuvée Marina, Gavi DOCG Metodo Classico Millesimato
- Mainìn, Gavi DOCG
- Metodo Classico, Gavi DOCG Metodo Classico
- Millesimato, Gavi DOCG Metodo Classico Millesimato
- Pituj, Monferrato DOC Rosso