Red
Barbera Largé
By La Raia, Gavi, Piemonte, Italy
La Raia's selection of its finest Barbera grapes, made only in exceptional vintages and aged in barriques.
Tasting notes
Very intense ruby garnet-red with slightly purple hints. Broad and intense aroma with hints of chocolate and spices, blackberry and dog-rose. Full-bodied and harmonious, with balanced tannins and a sweet, persistent finish.
Pairs well with
Roasted and braised red meat and mature cheese.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Piemonte DOC
- Grape
- Barbera
- Production area
- Gavi, Piemonte
- Soil
- Limestone and marl, about 380 m above sea level, south south-west exposure
- Harvest
- Handpicked around mid-October, only in exceptional vintages
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot training, 4,500 vines per hectare; mass selection from old vineyards in the area; no chemical fertiliser or synthetic chemicals
- Vinification
- Selected on a sorting table and destemmed; fermented on the skins for 15 days plus about 10 days of maceration, racked, malolactic fermentation at 20°C, about 18 months in barriques and six months in bottle.
- Serving temperature
- 18 to 20°C
- Storage
- Store the bottle lying down in a cool, well-ventilated space, away from light and vibrations.
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