Red
Barbaresco
By Massimo Rivetti, Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy
Aged in large barrels of Slavonian oak for eighteen months, developing soft tannins and an elegant body.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbaresco DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo 100%
- Production area
- Neive
- Soil
- Mixed chalky clay
- Exposure
- South-west
- Harvest
- Early October
- Vineyard planting
- 2.50 ha (6.2 ac) at 380 m above sea level, average vine age 25 years, yield 7000 kg/ha
- Vinification
- Fermented in conic, tronco-shaped French oak vats at controlled temperature (28C/82F) for 12-15 days with frequent pumping over, 30 days on the skins. Aged 18 months in 25 hL Slavonian oak barrels and a minimum of 6 months in bottle.
- Serving temperature
- 16C/61F, large tulip glass
- Storage
- Store bottles horizontally. Drinking life 10 to 15 years.
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