Red
Barbera d'Alba
By Le Ginestre, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Barbera from a south-south-west facing vineyard in Monforte d'Alba on marly soil, aged one year in oak.
Tasting notes
Very intense, vivid garnet red with slight purplish highlights; clean, expansive, intense nose of chocolate, cocoa, roses and sweet tobacco; full, round and very well balanced, with a long, spicy finish.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Alba DOC
- Grape
- Barbera
- Production area
- Monforte d'Alba, about 400 m
- Soil
- Well-drained marly soil
- Exposure
- South-south-west
- Vineyard planting
- Vertical trellises, Guyot pruning
- Vinification
- On the skins with a submerged cap and daily pumping over; maceration continues 10 to 15 days after alcoholic fermentation. After drawing off and first rackings, malolactic fermentation and a year in oak, then several months in bottle before release.
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