Red
Colombe
By Le Marie, Pinerolese, Piemonte, Italy
A single-vineyard Barbera from Vigna Colombe, aged about 18 months in large oak casks. About 3,500 bottles a year, 14.5% vol.
Tasting notes
Deep ruby red with garnet reflections, intense and consistent. Fruity notes of blackberry and blueberry, almost jammy, with floral (dog rose, violet) and spicy (liquorice, green pepper) notes, vanilla and tertiary notes from the wood. Balanced, full-bodied, with good freshness and longevity.
Pairs well with
Great dishes of Piedmontese cooking: tagliatelle with hare ragu, roasts and braised meats, game and aged cheeses.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Pinerolese DOC Barbera
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Vigna Colombe
- Production area
- Vigna Colombe, municipality of Barge, hamlet of Assarti
- Harvest
- By hand into small crates of about 20 kg
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot training; maximum yield 60/65 quintals per hectare
- Vinification
- Manual harvest, sorting of the grapes, destemming and crushing, about 7 days of maceration at 27 to 30 C, malolactic fermentation, then about 18 months in 2,500-litre oak casks.
- Serving temperature
- 16 degrees
- Storage
- Keep at 12 to 18 degrees to preserve the aromas
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