Red
Menego
By Marco Bonfante, Nizza, Piemonte, Italy
Barbera named after Domenico, nicknamed Menego, father of Marco and Micaela, who died in 2000. It marks the generation change at the winery.
Tasting notes
Intense purple-red. Cherry, blueberry and marasca cherry with a slight wood note; coffee and cocoa develop with bottle age. Structured and velvety with a slight tannic note and good balance of acidity, body and alcohol.
Pairs well with
Tajarin with boar ragu, veal stracotto with Barbera, braised meat, game and ripened cheeses.
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Soil
- Calcareous clay marl
- Exposure
- South, south-east
- Harvest
- Last week of September
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot, 5,500 plants per hectare, 50 hl/ha, altitude 250 m
- Vinification
- Destalked, soft-pressed and cold-macerated in steel for about 36 to 40 hours. Aged 12 to 15 months in used French oak barriques, then 12 months in bottle at a controlled 12 C before release.
- Serving temperature
- 16-18 C
- Storage
- Can be kept for over 10 years
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