Red
Asili
By Michele Chiarlo, Nizza, Piemonte, Italy
Barbaresco from the Asili cru, an icon cru made only in excellent vintages in very limited quantities. Available in 0.75 and 1.5 l.
Tasting notes
Colour: Ruby-garnet red with brilliant reflections; Nose: Great elegance, ethereal, with violet, red fruits and very fine spices; Palate: Ample, silky, enveloping, of surprising length
Pairs well with
Porcini risotto, roast pork, rack of lamb
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbaresco DOCG
- Grape
- Nebbiolo
- Cru / vineyard
- Asili
- Production area
- Asili, Barbaresco (about 1 ha)
- Soil
- Blue-grey calcareous marl, basic pH, a little clay, poor in organic matter and rich in magnesium and calcium
- Exposure
- South-west; 250 m
- Vineyard planting
- Planted 1990
- Vinification
- Fermented 17-18 days on the skins in 55 hl oak vats with gentle "shower" wetting of the cap at 30-27 C; malolactic in vat. Minimum 2 years of ageing, 18 months of it in large oak casks, then bottle.
- Serving temperature
- 18 C
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