Red
Originis
By Daffara & Grasso, Asti, Piemonte, Italy
A 100% Barbera Nizza DOCG, 14.5% vol., aged about a year in tonneaux and barriques.
Tasting notes
Intense purple-red. Intense, with blackberry and vanilla. Soft, velvety, very persistent and round.
Pairs well with
Cured meats (page category)
Technical details
- Style
- Red
- Denomination
- Nizza DOCG
- Grape
- Barbera 100%
- Production area
- Old estate vineyards on south-facing hillsides, plus some long-standing local supplier vineyards in the same area
- Exposure
- South
- Vineyard planting
- Old vineyards
- Vinification
- Destemmed and fermented in temperature-controlled steel tanks at 24 °C, with about 15 to 20 days of maceration. Malolactic fermentation in tonneaux and barriques, where the wine stays about one year. It then rests another 6 months in steel before bottling.
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