# Palazzina (Montaribaldi)

> Red, Barbaresco DOCG by [Montaribaldi](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/montaribaldi.md), Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/montaribaldi-palazzina).

- **Producer:** Montaribaldi
- **Style:** Red
- **Denomination:** Barbaresco DOCG
- **Grape:** Nebbiolo
- **Production area:** Neive
- **Soil:** Fine, calcareous Typic Ustorthent of the hillsides (S. Agata fossil marls: grey-blue marls, more or less sandy, with local sandy-conglomerate intercalations)
- **Exposure:** South-west
- **Harvest:** End of September to mid-October
- **Vineyard planting:** Planted 1985, 4,400 vines/ha, trellis-trained, Guyot pruned; grape yield 8,000 kg/ha, wine yield 5,200 L/ha
- **Vinification:** Fermented and macerated on skins at least a week at 28-32C in thermo-conditioned steel tanks, then kept on its lees at 20-22C for at least two months to complete malolactic fermentation. Aged about 20 months, partly in new and once-used oak barriques (225 L), and released after at least 4 months further in the cellar.
- **Serving temperature:** 18 C
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-25



## Summary

A Barbaresco DOCG from Neive, aged about 20 months partly in oak barriques; the winery calls it an important, long-lived, elegant wine.

## Tasting notes

Garnet red; enveloping, rich bouquet with violet, cocoa, vanilla and tobacco from the oak ageing; full and persistent on the palate with austere but not bitter tannins.

## Food pairings

Salami, red and white meat, cheese