Sweet

Birbet

By Montaribaldi, Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy

Montaribaldi Birbet

A sparkling, sweet, aromatic red made from partially fermented must, with a signature note of rose and orange blossom.

Tasting notes

Creamy, gentle, thin and persistent bubbles; bright cherry red; rich, intense bouquet of rose and orange flowers; sweet and fragrant, with balanced acidity and lively carbonation.

Pairs well with

Any dessert, fresh fruit

Technical details

Style
Sweet
Denomination
Mosto Parzialmente Fermentato
Soil
Fine, calcareous Typic Ustorthent of the hillsides (Lequio formation and S. Agata fossil marls)
Harvest
First ten days of September
Vineyard planting
4,000 vines/ha, trellis-trained, Guyot pruned; grape yield 10,000 kg/ha, wine yield 7,500 L/ha
Vinification
Grapes are chilled and briefly cold-macerated, then soft-pressed; the must rests to clarify, is filtered and stored cold. Partial fermentation of the sugars is carried out by the Martinotti-Charmat method, followed by isobaric bottling.
Serving temperature
12 C

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