Red
Barbera d'Alba Superiore
By Molino, Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy
Barbera d'Alba Superiore from the Ausario hill in Treiso, on a dry, steep, clay-rich east-south vineyard cultivated since the 1950s. Late harvest gives a balance between acidity and vinous taste.
Tasting notes
Ruby red with garnet tones. Intense, fruity nose recalling spring flowers. Round, wide, full-bodied and very concentrated, ending in a spicy, dry finish.
Pairs well with
Ravioli, mushrooms, roasted meat
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Barbera d'Alba Superiore DOC
- Grape
- Barbera
- Cru / vineyard
- Ausario
- Production area
- Treiso, Ausario hill (350 m)
- Soil
- Many layers of white-grey clay
- Exposure
- East-south
- Harvest
- First ten days of October, when the grapes are slightly overripe
- Vineyard planting
- Vineyard on the Ausario hill, cultivated since the 1950s
- Vinification
- Ripe grapes crushed and fermented in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperature; aged 12 months, partly in barrique and partly in 10 hl oak barrel
- Serving temperature
- 18/20°C