Sparkling
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By Luca Canevaro, Colli Tortonesi, Piemonte, Italy
A traditional-method sparkling Barbera, pressed gently for free-run must and aged 24 months on the lees before disgorging.
Tasting notes
Onion-skin pink color, delicate red fruit on the nose, good acidity and fine bubbles on the palate.
Technical details
- Style
- Sparkling
- Denomination
- Vino Spumante di Qualità Extra Brut
- Grape
- Barbera
- Soil
- Clay
- Harvest
- Grapes picked slightly early, by hand, in small crates to preserve freshness
- Vineyard planting
- 10-20 year-old vines, 300-350 m a.s.l., Guyot training, about 4,500 vines per hectare
- Vinification
- Metodo Classico (traditional method): gentle pressing to extract the free-run must, then aged 24 months on the lees before disgorging
- Serving temperature
- 6-8°C
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